![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Avery knows Judge Whitner had been extorted, but as she investigates the names and cases associated with other judges on the list she begins to see a frightening pattern-and she worries that something far more sinister may be unfolding. After breaking the encrypted file Davies gave to her, Avery reveals a list of names-all federal judges-and, alarmingly, all judges on the FISA Court (the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court), also known as America's "secret court." It is this body that grants permission to the government to wiretap American individuals or corporations suspected of terrorism. Moments later, Avery is shocked when she witnesses Davies being murdered. Davies believes his boss, Judge Francesca Whitner, was being blackmailed in the days before she recently took her own life, and he gives Avery a file, a burner phone, and a fearful warning that there are highly dangerous people involved. ![]() But as the sparks of impeachment hearings and political skirmishes swirl around her, Avery is approached at a legal conference by Preston Davies, an unassuming young man and fellow law clerk to a federal judge in Idaho. While Justice Sleeps is a mesmerizing legal thriller that does the rare thing: It uses the novel to get at the truth. "Avery Keene is back, trying to get her feet on solid ground after unraveling a conspiracy that took down the President of the United States. Political leader, voting rights advocate, attorney, entrepreneur, and bestselling author Stacey Abrams offers a follow-up to her 1 New York Times bestselling suspense novel, While Justice Sleeps. ![]()
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