Richard North PattersonLegal Thriller · Thriller·b. 1947
Protect and Defend
Synopsis
President Kerry Kilcannon's first major act in office is to appoint a brilliant female judge as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. However, her nomination is complicated by a hidden secret and an explosive abortion rights case heading toward the court. As the Senate debates her appointment, the nation's most divisive issue ignites an all-out war, leaving no one safe from the political and personal fallout.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10











