A Darker Justice
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Publisher Description
Someone is killing federal judges. Eleven deaths in eleven months, some of the murders have been set up to look like accidents or illnesses, while others are clearly the work of skilled assassins. The November victim died so horrifically that even veteran law enforcement officials are stunned. Fearing that the next victim will be Judge Irene Hannah, friend and mentor of Mary Crow, the FBI enlists Mary's aid in protecting this distinguished jurist.
As Christmas approaches, Mary returns to the North Carolina mountains to talk her stubborn old friend into federal protection. But the plotters behind these crimes have a prophecy to fulfill; a twelfth judicial murder that will set a vast conspiracy in motion. When, despite Mary's best efforts, Judge Hannah disappears, Mary must follow her on a terrifying chase into an archaic mountain estate where a rogue killer and his army of "soldiers" are waiting. Soon Mary will have to fight for survival in a place that abides neither law nor mercy...only a darker justice, rendered only by those courageous enough to deliver it.
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For those who missed Bissell's well-received debut thriller, In the Forest of Harm, Bissell briefly sums it up at the beginning of her second offering. Atlanta prosecutor Mary Crow, while at the wedding of her dearest friend, Alexandria McCrimmon, reflects on the horrific events that unfolded 14 months before: "Alex had accompanied Mary on a camping trip in the Nantahalah Forest. The trip had turned bad when Alex had been abducted by a psychopathic trapper. Ultimately she'd been airlifted from the Appalachian forests, half-naked and nearly beaten to death." If that sounds like a bad trip, the goings-on this time are even worse. A powerful, secretive right-wing cabal called FaithAmerica which has its eyes on the U.S. presidency has been using students at Camp Unakawaya, a last-chance military school for teenage boys, to knock off federal judges who veer too far to the left in terms of legislating racial equality. One of the school's students the only one ever to win the coveted Black Feather for total dedication goes too far and messily beheads a female judge, calling undue attention to the previous deaths. The next victim appears to be Mary's friend and mentor, Judge Irene Hannah, but Hannah stubbornly refuses protection, so of course Mary is the only one who can save her. This takes her back into the woods and the arms of her former lover, the enigmatic Jonathan Walkingstick, and finally underground into some dank caverns where truth and justice lie. Bissell's narrative drive should carry readers right along, despite some farfetched aspects to the story.
Customer Reviews
Excellent! !
I’ve loved Mary Crow stories starting in “The Forest of Harm”. I’m so glad she is back!! Thank you Sallie Bissell for best reads ever!