The Tenth Justice
A Novel
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 30, 2021
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Meltzer has earned the right to belly up to the bar with John Grisham, Scott Turow, and David Baldacci.” – People "A madcap mix of intrigue, romance and legal trivia.” – New York Times The young attorneys who clerk for Supreme Court justices wield extraordinary power—privy to sensitive material that could prove disastrous in unscrupulous hands, making decisions that could change lives… or destroy them.
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- Who it’s for
- Supreme Court secrecy meets Washington politics in a legal thriller where trust is never simple.
- Genres
- Legal Thrillers, Political Thrillers, Legal Fiction
- Published
- HarperCollins, November 30, 2021
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Meltzer has earned the right to belly up to the bar with John Grisham, Scott Turow, and David Baldacci.” – People "A madcap mix of intrigue, romance and legal trivia.” – New York Times The young attorneys who clerk for Supreme Court justices wield extraordinary power—privy to sensitive material that could prove disastrous in unscrupulous hands, making decisions that could change lives… or destroy them.
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They are… THE TENTH JUSTICE Landing a prestigious position as a Supreme Court clerk fresh out of Yale Law, Ben Addison is on the ultrafast track to success—until he inadvertently shares a classified secret with the wrong listener. And now the anonymous blackmailer who made a killing with Ben’s information is demanding more. Guilty of a criminal act, his golden future suddenly in jeopardy, Ben turns for help to his roommates—three close friends from childhood, each strategically placed near the seats of Washington power—and to his beautiful, whip-smart fellow clerk, Lisa Schulman. But trust is a dangerous commodity in the nation’s capital. And when lives, careers, and power are at stake, loyalties can shatter like glass… and betrayals can be lethal.
Power and Trust
Supreme Court secrecy meets Washington politics in a legal thriller where trust is never simple.
Come here for
- The pull of court secrets and Washington power
- Legal intrigue sharpened by questions of trust
Expect
- Private information with the power to alter careers and lives
- Loyalties tested where legal and personal stakes collide
Where it sits
| Legal Thrillers | 95% |
|---|---|
| Political Thrillers | 33% |
| Legal Fiction | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Action & Adventure
- Literary Fiction
- Romantic Suspense
- New Adult Romance
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- Romance Adventure
- Suspense
- Crime Fiction
- Legal Thrillers
- Authors
- Brad Meltzer
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- November 30, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Action & Adventure