Supreme Court clerk Avery Keene is back, trying to get her feet on solid ground after unraveling an international conspiracy in
While Justice Sleeps. But as the sparks of Congressional hearings and political skirmishes swirl around her, Avery is approached at a legal conference by Preston Davies, an unassuming young man and fellow law clerk to a federal Pass judgement on in Idaho. Davies believes his boss, Pass judgement on Francesca Whitner, was once being blackmailed in the days before she died. Desperate to have in mind what happened, he gives Avery a file, a burner phone, and a fearful warning that there are highly dangerous people involved.Another shocking murder leads Avery to a list of names – all federal judges – and, alarmingly, all judges on the FISA Court (america Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court), often referred to as The united states’s “secret court.” It is this body which grants permission to the government to wiretap Americans or spy on corporations suspected of terrorism. As Avery digs deeper, she begins to see a frightening pattern – and she worries that something far more sinister may be unfolding inside the nation’s third branch of government. With lives at stake, Avery will have to race the clock and an unexpected enemy to find the solution.
Drawn from today’s headlines and woven with her unique insider perspective, Stacey Abrams combines twisting plotlines, wry wit, and clever puzzles to create another immensely entertaining suspense novel.
