***THE SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH*** 'Besides the usual Grisham virtues of an arresting
idea polished plotting and vivid social snapshots what's impressive here is his willingness
to take on fresh challenges' THE SUNDAY TIMES Nonstop suspense from the Sunday Times
bestselling author: Investigator Lacy Stoltz follows the trail of a serial killer and closes
in on a shocking suspect - a sitting judge. In The Whistler Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt
judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away but
only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later and approaching forty she is
tired of her work for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct and ready for a change. Then she
meets a mysterious woman who is so frightened she uses a number of aliases. Jeri Crosby's
father was murdered twenty years earlier in a case that remains unsolved and that has grown
stone cold. But Jeri has a suspect whom she has become obsessed with and has stalked for two
decades. Along the way she has discovered other victims. Suspicions are easy enough but proof
seems impossible. The man is brilliant patient and always one step ahead of law enforcement.
He is the most cunning of all serial killers. He knows forensics police procedure and most
important: he knows the law. He is a judge in Florida - under Lacy's jurisdiction. He has a
list with the names of his victims and targets all unsuspecting people unlucky enough to have
crossed his path and wronged him in some way. How can Lacy pursue him without becoming the
next name on his list? The Judge's List is by any measure John Grisham's most surprising
chilling novel yet. 'The shocks come thick and fast in this slick thriller that is impossible
to put down' THE SUN 'An excellent nail-bitingly tense thriller' IRISH INDEPENDENT 350+ million
copies 45 languages 9 blockbuster films: NO ONE WRITES DRAMA LIKE JOHN GRISHAM
