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Supreme Justice

Phillip Margolin
Harper Books (2010)
ISBN 9780061926518
Reviewed by Narayan Radhakrishnan for RebeccasReads.com


One of the most chilling novels of 2008 was Phillip Margolin’s “Executive Privilege” featuring dedicated lawyer Brad Miller and Private Detective Dana Cutler. The said novel presented an ominous situation- of the President of the United States being accused of murder. If the upper echelons of the Second Estate where the villains of “Executive Privilege”…the Third Estate, that is the Judiciary, gets the bashing from the hands of lawyer author Margolin. The book is “Supreme Justice," and I guarantee,  it's going to be a supreme bestseller.

Sara Woodruff is on the death row on charges of murdering her boyfriend John Finley. The circumstances surrounding the murder are murky. However, she has appealed to the Supreme Court. When the appeal is pending consideration, one of the justices of the court suddenly resigns leaving a vacancy. Yet another justice is mysteriously attacked. Is there any link between the Woodruff case and the attacks on the judges? Is someone trying to infiltrate into the court system? Enter Dana Cutler of “Executive Privilege” fame. Her investigations reveal that the present day course of action are interlinked with a mysterious attack that happened in freighter many years back leaving all dead…..but one. That lone survivor was John Finley.

Together with the help of Brad Miller, the hero of “Executive Privilege," Dana Cutler launches an investigation; an investigation that just might cut at the very roots of the Supreme Court and the justice dispensation system as we know it.

Though, “Supreme Justice” reads like a natural continuation to “Executive Privilege;" the plot setting is more intricate and complicated than the earlier. Suspense wise, I would have to rate the earlier work a trifle above this one. But all in all, “Supreme Justice” proves to be an interesting read. Margolin has now targeted the Executive and the Judiciary with “Executive Privilege” and “Supreme Justice” respectively. And would I be wrong to guess that the Parliament (American Congress) is going to be the victim of Margolin’s next novel? Watch this space.