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Original Title: | Judge & Jury |
ISBN: | 0316013935 (ISBN13: 9780316013932) |
Edition Language: | English |
Setting: | (Pakistan) |
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Andie DeGrasse, an aspiring actress and single mom, is not your typical juror. Hoping to get dismissed from the pool, she tells the judge that most of her legal knowledge comes from a bit part curling around the stripper's pole in The Sopranos. But she still ends up as juror number 11 in a landmark trial against a notorious mob boss.The judge is terrified of the defendant.
The case quickly becomes the new Trial of the Century. Mafia don Dominic Cavello, known as the Electrician, is linked to hundreds of gruesome, unspeakable crimes. Senior FBI agent Nick Pellisante has been tracking him for years. He knows Cavello's power reaches far beyond the courtroom but the FBI's evidence against the ruthless killer is ironclad. Conviction is sure thing.
So is the jury.
As the jury is about to reach a verdict, the Electrician makes one devastating move that no one could have predicted. The entire nation is reeling, and Andie's world is shattered. For her, the hunt for the Electrician becomes personal, and she and Pellisante come together in an unbreakable bond: they exact justice - at any cost.
The verdict: Run for your life.
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Title | : | Judge & Jury |
Author | : | James Patterson |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 419 pages |
Published | : | July 31st 2006 by Little, Brown and Company |
Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Thriller |
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Ratings: 4 From 45052 Users | 1035 ReviewsEvaluate About Books Judge & Jury
4.5 oh this was fun, it's been ages since I read a page turning suspense novel, forty years ago i read them all, now I just get them for my husband. We started this as an audio book in the car, it sounded like a play with real gunshots, sirens, music and other sound effects, which would have totally unnerved me if I was driving! I have never read Patterson, but was so thrilled with gross' s the one man I wanted to give this a go. For me, is was a fast paced Saturday matinee kind of feeling, overSigh...I'm throwing the proverbial noose over my neck with even a three star rating of this book. (I was even tempted to give it a four star...let me tell you why)Prose? Non-exsistant. Plot? Follows the correct sequence...but really let me get to my point: James Patterson is the grown-up version of Nancy Drew for crying out loud.It's not going to intellectually better you, it's not going to be mentioned in conversation with Harvaaaaahd literature majors, and it's not going to win you any points
Judge and jury is a spellbinding thriller. It doesn't get better than this, thats what I thought as I finished the last page. Nowhere in the narrative, which is woven around a good plot, there was any beating about the bush. The liked the short sentences too. Dominic Cavello, a mafia don, is arrested by the narrator, Nick Pellisante of FBI. But not before he kills two agents of his team. During the trail the bus bringing the jurors is blown up. All save one, Andie DeGrasse, die in the blast.
My biggest complaint is that the second to last chapter of Judge & Jury had a weird, unnecessary twist to it where two characters behaved very out of character. Its painfully obvious that Patterson and Gross were trying to tie up loose ends and disguise it with contrived badassery, hence the three-star rating.Other than that, Judge & Jury is an okay book. Its the literature version of junk food - quick, easy, and relatively satisfying. Its also nice that Judge & Jury is just a
This is one of Patterson's earlier books and I think it is better than his later ones. More plot and excitement, with more thought given to the story. FBI agent Nick Pellisante has been trying to capture Dominic Cavello, a Mafioso responsible for numerous hideous crimes. When there is finally enough evidence to put him on trial, Dominic smiles through the proceedings, knowing he has people on the outside who will make sure he is never convicted. Andie DeGrasse, a single mother, is selected for
This book was amazingly well written (as always). I love how the the suspense leaves you on the edge of your seat all the way to the end. JP is such a talented writer, all of his books just fascinate me and put me into his world. And I'm glad Andie and Nick got together...which I kind of assumed but hey, with James, there's never a dull moment ;)
So. Much. CHEESE! How? How is Patterson an International Best-Selling author??! How is this book a bestseller? It's below average. The plot was a good thriller plot. We have a mobster, a hit man, a federal agent and a hot single mother. Not the recipe for a timeless novel, but a good enough setting for a crime novel. But oh my, the writing was so average, with random exclamations thrown in. The dialogue was cheesy and the events were ridiculous! It was like watching an Indian movie where the
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