Final Judgment, Richard North Patterson
Final Judgment, Richard North Patterson
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Final Judgment

Author: Richard North Patterson

Narrator: Lisa Banes

Abridged: 2 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/04/2000


Synopsis

Long estranged from her blue-blooded New England family, attorney Caroline Masters is summoned home to defend her niece against charges of murder. Police found 22-year-old Brett Allen blood-splattered and incoherent near the scene of the crime; the weapon covered with her fingerprints.

Caroline has doubts of her own about Brett's innocence. But as the sensational trial heats up, she'll find disturbing inconsistencies in the testimony of the prosecution's star witness, and find herself facing some of the toughest challenges of her life and career--from trusting her former lover, state prosecutor Jackson Watts, to risking the federal judgeship she's worked her whole life for, to exposing a dark family secret that could save her niece, or destroy them both . . .

About The Author

Richard North Patterson’s eleven novels include seven consecutive international bestsellers; critics compared his most recent novel, Protect and Defend, to such novels as Allen Drury’s Advise and Consent and Gore Vidal’s Lincoln. Formerly a trial lawyer, Mr. Patterson served as the SEC’s liaison to the Watergate Special Prosecutor, and is now on the boards of several Washington-based advocacy groups dealing with gun violence, political reform, and reproductive rights. He lives with his wife, Laurie, and their family on Martha’s Vineyard.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Joan on 2008-02-28 09:07:17

First time I've read this author, well written, a plot that's a little predictable as you go but still an interesting read. I will definitely read more of this author's books.

Goodreads review by Diane on November 09, 2017

Explosive read! excellent storytelling that involves the unexpredictable,suspenseful and thriller plot twists & turns with very good writing also (paperback!)......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on May 08, 2024

Not bad, but not particularly great... A little too predictable for my tastes. Did enjoy the New England settings. (Reviewed 3/24/11)......more

Goodreads review by Connie on December 02, 2017

SPOILERS I read the large print of this book and I think some of the words were missing in some of sentences, because I had a hard time figuring out what some sentences meant. This was difficult to read because of the subject matter and how it all played out in the end. I cannot understand how the gr......more

Goodreads review by Christina on October 23, 2010

I REALLY enjoyed this author! A very compelling story with intrigue from the start about a middle aged attorney on the cusp of receiving a Presidential nomination to a judgeship who is then thrust back unwittingly to her hometown and long estranged family. The writing is sharp, focused, not overly d......more

Goodreads review by Olutosin on September 21, 2023

When Caroline Clark Masters left her dream of becoming a judge to attend to what she called a family emergency I was a bit curious to know exactly what that might be, and just when I thought I had been compelled enough to know what exactly that was, Richard North Patterson skillfully throw another w......more


Quotes

"Dazzling . . .the pages almost seem to turn themselves. . . . The plot culminates in a classic courtroom confrontation."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"The novel builds to several breathtaking surprises."
--People

"Absorbing . . . A wrenching thriller . . . Patterson brings us slowly and with consummate skill into a story that winds this way, then that, before coming to a fully satisfying halt . . . One of those books you race to finish even though you don't want it to end . . . A great read."
--New York Daily News