Book Review: ‘The Judge’s List: A Novel’ By John Grisham

Author John Grisham is back with his second Lacy Stoltz novel (following the 2016 release of The Whistler), with The Judge’s List. Lacy works for the Florida Board of Judicial Conduct and investigates judges in the state of Florida when there’s a complaint. She also has a boyfriend of a few years and is not sure where the relationship is going or where her job is going. Then she’s contacted by a woman named Jes (an alias) with a story about a Judge who she believes is a serial killer and one of his victims was her father many years ago. Lacy finds this story hard to believe but Jes has all sorts of alleged proof. When she files a formal complaint Lacy (who is now in charge of the office after her boss quits) opens up a formal investigation and a couple of more bodies show up. Then it becomes a game of cat and mouse between Lacy, Jes and the murderer, who is now on to the fact he’s under investigation and who the people are investigating him. This is another solid novel from John, although the climax left me a little cold. Lacy is a great character and hopefully more novels with her will be coming.

You can pick up The Judge’s List in stores now from Doubleday.