Judge, the - Steve Martini

Steve Martini was recommended to me as an author who wrote legal thrillers to rival John Grisham. I love Grisham’s work so I was immediately interested and ordered “The Judge”. Martini used to be a trial attorney so he clearly knows the legal system. Similar to John Grisham and Brad Meltzer he is writing about a topic that he has a wealth of knowledge in and this comes across in the novel. As the name suggests the defendant in this case is a Judge. The man in question is Armando Acosta, a Hispanic judge who was conducting an enquiry into corruption in the Police Force. Acosta is charged with solicitation, a charge he vehemently ...