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Violence
Some
Murder investigation; judicial corruption; moderate thriller tension
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate psychological intensity; institutional corruption; personal danger for a law clerk
What this book is about
Grace Rossi, a law clerk for a federal appellate court, suspects that her judge did not die of natural causes. As she investigates, she discovers corruption reaching into the highest levels of the judicial system. An early Scottoline legal thriller that demonstrates her gift for making the arcane workings of appellate law into a compelling source of suspense.
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Judicial corruption
Murder
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