The Last Justice, set for publication on Feb. 7, is not your typical book about the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s a thriller novel, for one thing. By the second page, six justices are shot dead on the bench and the solicitor general is wounded.
“Solicitor General Jefferson McKenna fell forward onto a screaming woman, smearing her crisp blue blazer with his blood,” is the opening sentence. “The government’s top lawyer, bleeding from the shoulder and chest, lay helpless on the floor of the United States Supreme Court, watching the chaos unfold.”
