by John Grisham
Part of The Whistler
First published 2021
Lacy Stoltz works for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct, a job that once nearly got her killed. Three years after putting a corrupt judge behind bars, she is tired and looking for a way out. Then a frightened woman who refuses to give her real name walks into her life. The woman is Jeri Crosby, and she has spent twenty years tracking the man she believes murdered her father. That case was never solved. The trail went cold. But Jeri kept digging, and along the way she found other victims, other families with the same unanswered questions. The suspect she has identified is a sitting Florida judge. He understands forensics. He knows police procedure. He knows the law better than anyone chasing him. He is careful, patient, and he keeps a written list of every person he has ever targeted. Lacy's job puts him squarely in her jurisdiction, but getting close means risking her own name ending up on that list. She has to move fast and stay invisible at the same time.
Genres: fiction, suspense, mystery, crime, thriller, legal-thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, fast-paced, gripping, suspenseful, tense
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, hidden-threat, obsessive-investigation
Setting: Florida
357 pages · Hardcover · Doubleday
Content warnings: murder, violence