The Judge's List

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In "one of the best crime reads of the year... bristling with high-tech detail and shivering with suspense... Worth staying up all night to finish," investigator Lacy Stoltz tracks down a serial killer and narrows in on a startling suspect—a sitting judge.

Lacy Stoltz looked into a dishonest judge in The Whistler who was accepting millions in bribes from a criminal organization. She almost died after being attacked and managed to apprehend the offenders. She is ready for a change after working for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct for three years, having reached the age of forty.

Then she meets an enigmatic woman who goes by several aliases because she is so terrified. Twenty years prior, Jeri Crosby's father was murdered; the case has gone cold and is still unsolved. However, Jeri has a suspect that she has been stalking for the past 20 years and has grown infatuated with. She has come across further victims on her journey.

It's easy enough to have suspicions, but proof seems implausible. The man is intelligent, kind, and consistently keeps one step ahead of the law. He is the most crafty serial murderer there is. He is knowledgeable with forensics, police protocol, and—above all—the law.

He is a judge in Florida, which is under Lacy's purview.

He possesses a list that contains the names of his targets and victims—all naive individuals who were unfortunate enough to get into contact with him and cause him harm. How can Lacy go after him without ending up on his hit list?

By all measures, John Grisham's most unexpected and terrifying book to date is The Judge's List.