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Summary: Impaired Judgment
Review: Excellent faced paced mystery/thriller. State Supreme Court judge is married to the President of the US. She is blackmailed by the attorney for a mafia "businessman" on trial in her courtroom for murder of another judge. A real page turner! Highly recommend.
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Summary: Impaired Judgment
Review: Excellent faced paced mystery/thriller. State Supreme Court judge is married to the President of the US. She is blackmailed by the attorney for a mafia "businessman" on trial in her courtroom for murder of another judge. A real page turner! Highly recommend.
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Summary: Political Thriller
Review: From the author of "The Acolyte" (aka: Executive Sanction), this well-researched thriller set in Washington D.C. is a great read! Fast-paced, interesting characters with some great plot twists.
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Summary: Political Thriller
Review: From the author of "The Acolyte" (aka: Executive Sanction), this well-researched thriller set in Washington D.C. is a great read! Fast-paced, interesting characters with some great plot twists.
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Summary: exiting political thriller-sometimes satirical
Review: The recently elected President of the United States Jim Candler knows he has big problems with the usual suspects, Congress, the Court, his party, and the media. However, all that is nothing compared to the problems caused by the First Lady in nearby Alexandria.President Candler's wife Paula is a Federal Judge whose current case involves gangster Tony Remalli, bagged by the FBI in a sure shot win for the prosecution. Tony's defense team, led by attorney Don Russ and abetted by investigator Julia Menendez finds a skeleton in the judge's past that could easily topple the presidency. Paula was apparently once at fault in a vehicular homicide in which she allegedly left the scene of the crime. The president's chief of dirty tricks Del Owens covered up the incident. Unless Tony is acquitted, the Candlers will hang alongside the mobster. IMPAIRED JUDGMENT is a fast-paced political thriller that at times seems more satirical than suspenseful due to the extreme behavior of the key charcaters. Jim is so politically naive one must wonder if he obtained the office through succession reaching a lower cabinet post. Del and Don are so sleazy that they turn into Claymation caricatures that leave the reader expecting their appearances on Deathmatch. Julia is so obsessed with finding dirt that readers will wonder if she was a gravedigger in a previous life. The First Lady is the most complete character due to her feistiness. However, her job leads to a constitutional question of whether her sitting on the bench violates the separation of powers. David Compton has written an exciting tale, but seems as if he could not decide between a thriller and a parody. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Great book
Review: This is a great book, well-written, with a well-developed plot, and compelling characters.
Just two minor bloopers -- the bed in the White House Lincoln Bedroom does not date back to Lincoln's presidency, and it's unlikely that a federal trial judge would rotate courtroom observers every 15 or 30 minutes during a trial. Courtroom attendance is usually first-come, first-served, with space reserved for press (which would probably be on a pool basis).
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Summary: really good read
Review: What a treat! Usually I like to savor a book and take my time, but with this one, I just couldn't lay it down. Just when you think you have things figured out, the author gives the story a new twist. I can't wait for his next book. In my opinion, it's comparable, (maybe even a cut above,) John Grisham!!!
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