The Brethren (without dust jacket)

The Story

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ò Three disgraced judges plot a major scam from behind barsùwith national consequencesùin this ôcrackerjack taleö (Entertainment Weekly) from the master of the legal thriller.They call themselves the Brethren: a trio of former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison. One was sent up for tax evasion. Another, for skimming bingo profits. The third for a career-ending drunken joyride.Meeting daily in the prison law library, taking exercise walks in their boxer shorts, these judges-turned-felons can reminisce about old court cases, dispense a little jailhouse justice, and contemplate where their lives went wrong. Or they can use their time in prison to get very richùvery fast.And so they sit, sprawled in the prison library, furiously writing letters, fine-tuning a wickedly brilliant extortion schemeùwhile events outside their prison walls begin to erupt. A bizarre presidential election is holding the nation in its grips, and a powerful government figure is pulling some very hidden strings. For the Brethren, the timing couldnÆt be better. Because theyÆve just found the perfect victim.