Judge Stone

<p><b>An extraordinary new courtroom drama from <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling thriller author James Patterson and Academy Award winner Viola Davis. Get ready to meet the most unforgettable character in years. </b></p><p><i><b>All rise</b></i><b>…for Judge Stone.</b></p><p>The most respected citizen in Union Springs, Alabama (population 3,314), is Judge Mary Stone. She holds two responsibilities sacred: running her family farm and presiding over her courtroom. Everything changes when she draws the most controversial case in the history of the South.</p><p>Criminally, it’s open-and-shut.</p><p>Ethically, there is no middle ground.</p><p>Essentially, it’s a choice between life and death.</p><p>No judge can satisfy everyone. It would be dangerous to try. But Judge Stone is willing to fight to bring justice to the people and place she loves.</p><p><b>An explosive legal thriller that will keep you turning the pages until the stunning conclusion.</b></p><p><b>-------------------------------------------</b></p><p>'A stunning, powerful and incendiary courtroom thriller. Impossible to put down' - <b>CHRIS WHITAKER</b></p><p>'Gripping, tense, heart-wrenching, timely and so, so important. I read it in one sitting. This is a story that everyone will be talking about in 2026.' - <b>RUTH MANCINI</b></p><p>'The co-authors' seamless collaboration is highly successful - as good as a John Grisham page-turner'<b> - <i>THE SUNDAY TIMES</i></b></p><p>'This is a tale that is impossible to put down, elegant, thoughtful and terrifying' - <b><i>DAILY MAIL</i></b></p><p>'Explosive' <b><i>- Crime Monthly </i></b></p>