Synopsis: 'San Francisco judge Ramsey Hunt, longtime friend to FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich, begins the murder trial of Clive and Cindy Cahill only to have federal prosecutor Mickey O'Rourke, known for his relentless aggressive style, suddenly turn tentative and distracted. Hunt suspects that something is very wrong - and then O'Rourke goes missing and Judge Hunt gets shot in the back.
Savich and Sherlock receive news of the attack as a mysterious note is delivered to Savich at the Hoover Building: FOR WHAT YOU DID YOU DESERVE THIS. Who sent the note? What does it mean?
As Ramsey Hunt's life hangs in the balance, Savich and Sherlock race to San Francisco to answer the question: Why would anyone shoot the judge? When they discover one answer, more questions arise until Savich and Sherlock face the final shock."
Review: Rather complicated story, but there were some 'clues' that should have been apparent to these super sleuths early on. ( )

Catherine Coulter is one of my favorite thriller authors, and I absolutely love this one, where a famous and well-loved judge in San Francisco is shot in an attempted murder, and Savich and Sherlock get to fly out there to try to solve the case. I love it when an author is really great at describing a setting because it’s like getting to take a vacation there as you read, and Coulter really immerses you in the Bay Area as you’re following the case. I love these thrillers and the way information is slowly revealed as we figure out who exactly wants the judge killed, and why. This was one of the more complex and intricate mysteries so far, and I really enjoyed it!

Please excuse typos/name misspellings. Entered on screen reader.
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There is too much of interlinking between the characters and the back stories. I believe the author expects you to have read everything till now for you to really enjoy this story.
I spent about 20% of the book waiting for the interlinked characters to actually start making sense.
Even after that, i didn't really find the pace and the plot that exciting.
i have read the first few books in the series and at that time. i did enjoy those ( )

Fun read although they seem to becoming more like a young adult novel in the way they are written. Seem to have lost some of the grown upism ( )

Fun read although they seem to becoming more like a young adult novel in the way they are written. Seem to have lost some of the grown upism ( )