Protect and Defend - Richard North Patterson

Protect and Defend

By Richard North Patterson

  • Release Date: 2000-12-12
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 34 Ratings

Description

On a cold day in January, President-elect Kerry Kilcannon takes the oath of office—and within days makes his first, most important move: appointing a new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Kilcannon’s choice is a female judge with a brilliant record. And a secret.

While the Senate spars over Caroline Masters’s nomination, an inflammatory abortion rights case is making its way toward the judge—and will explode into the headlines. Suddenly, the most divisive issue in America turns the President’s nomination into all-out war. And from Judge Masters to a conservative, war-hero senator facing a crisis of conscience and a fifteen-year-old girl battling for her future, no one will be safe.

Reviews

  • Protect and Defend

    5
    By Happysap
    Realy well researched book. Anyone interested in the political and legal posturing by Congress will be unable to put this book down! Even though the book is a work of fiction, the maneuvering by the members of Congress is based on real strategies. The personal conflicts are fought wil spellbinding details. Other than a murder mystery, you won't find better intrique anywhere.