Judge & Jury | 
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Senior FBI agent Nick Pellisante is closing in on the notorious mob boss The Electrician, when the scheduled sting goes spectacularly awry. Two FBI agents are dead, the boss is wounded, and Pellisante vows the Electricians next move will be from a jail cell. Andie Echeverra, a part-time actress and a single, full-time mom, is assigned her next role as Juror #11 in the landmark trial against Mafia Don Dominic Cavello. Everybody is on edge. No one has ever crossed the man whose orders have made entire families disappear. Though Cavellos influence extends across blue uniforms and black robes, the case should be open-and-shut. But the legal system fails with devastating results, and Nick and Andie are the only ones left to seek justice. To stop the Electrician, they must take matters into their own hands. They are the judge and jury now. James Patterson spins an all-out heart-pounding legal thriller that pits two people against the most vicious and powerful mobster since John Gotti.
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• Gripping Book That Holds The Reader's Attention 26 May, 2008
This book has it all - murder, mayhem, romance, and a thick plotline that kept me engaged all the way through. Patterson's characters are well-developed and their motives believable. He's created a couple of villains that had me cheering once they met their ultimate demise.
There are enough loose ends here to warrant a sequel. There had to be some repercussions from Nick and Andie's actions, and I think those could be the foundation for another visit to these characters.
Patterson's writing style is spare and he doesn't waste a lot of words. I appreciate that quality and always find his books to be a quick, yet worthwhile read. 'Judge and Jury' is no exception.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3O7X4N6IT736Z
• Good Read 25 April, 2008
This was a nice easy read- I liked the story line. Takes you on an emotional ride with the characters involved. Serving on a jury takes on a whole new meaning.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A18WV072O9OMEJ
• A Good In-flight Read 25 May, 2008
If you love Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie, or John le Carre (as I do), I recommend that you steer clear of James Patterson; but if what you want is a distraction for a few hours, "Judge and Jury" might do it for you. I've only read one other Patterson ("First to Die"), so I can't rank this book among his many others. ("First to Die" did not make me want to read more of his books.) I picked up "Judge and Jury" in the process of researching books in which jurors appear as significant characters.
The book begins slowly with the jury-selection process for a mob trial. I probably wouldn't have finished the first 20 pages if it weren't for my interest in juries. However, I was hooked when the issue of jurors at risk from defendants and their associates popped up. (I served on a jury where this became a serious concern for me.)
Here are some of the elements that engaged me in "Judge and Jury": romance with minimal, graphic sex; a bright, gutsy heroine and a principaled, strong hero; multiple, unusual settings, including Israel and "the End of the World" (Terra del Fuego); one villain so unappealing that I actually wanted the protagonists to punish him severely; another villain who defied all cliches; and a couple of clever, believable plot twists.
I should say I don't believe in reviewing books I hated, and I can't think of any purpose for a bad review of any fiction. Every novel has an audience, even if it's a small one. Warning people off a book that might be exactly what they would enjoy is unnecessary. (However, I do think that nonfiction ought to be red-flagged, especially technical nonfiction in which factual errors and typos are inexcusable.)
Why four stars? I give five stars to a perfect book (which this is not). I give four stars to a book I actually finished and enjoyed reading (like this book). I give three stars to a book I wanted to enjoy but found to be very, very flawed. I would never review a one-star or two-star book--mainly because I never finish reading them. The fact is that I picked up this book expecting not to enjoy it, but I couldn't put it down once I got past the "Prologue" (yawn) and "Part 1" (the jury section).
"Judge and Jury" is far from perfect. I can find fault with some "technical" issues in it (and have done so in my blog at
http://blog.ccmambretti.com.)
But these are details that I was able to overlook in the end, because the plot was compelling, and I liked the characters.
If you like short chapters--so you get a sense of accomplishment even after a five-minute bus-ride to work--then this book should satisfy you. (At first I liked the chapter length, because it helped keep the plot fast-paced, but eventually I just felt a bit cheated on description and atmostphere.) The prose is very terse, too.
If you like gritty, graphic violence occasionally, this book has it, including what I consider to be gratuitous violence against minors. I excused it because the violence justified the ending, and it was brief.
That said, the short chapters, shifting point-of-view and narrator, and the "child at risk" scenarios are all among the list of "absolute-must-never-do's" that certain of my writing colleagues and coaches warned me against when I started writing fiction. It just goes to show you--never listen to people who make up rules about art.
I recommend you buy the inexpensive Kindle edition: Judge & Jury
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2Z7JD52OJ9T8B
• Judge And Jury 26 June, 2008
I enjoyed the book very much. You cannot predict the ending until you get there. Therefore, a person feels
like you have to keep on reading until the end. Very good suspense novel.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2T21OS8L5IBXF
• Another Winner..... 29 June, 2008
Again, another literary winner from James Patterson. Judge and Jury will keep you riveted to the edge of your seats. Patterson is so fabulous, that I always pre-order his books before publication and as far as i am concerned he can't write fast enough.
D. Sellitti
Staten Island, NY
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1C19HB5CVAASU
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