Bestselling author James Patterson returns with the #1 blockbuster thriller of the summer, an unstoppable novel of law and revenge.

Senior FBI agent Nick Pellisante is closing in on the notorious mob boss "The Electrician," when the scheduled sting goes spectacularly awry. Two FBI agents are dead, the boss is wounded, and Pellisante vows the Electrician's next move will be from a jail cell.

Andie Echeverra, a part-time actress and a single, full-time mom, is assigned her next role as Juror #11 in the landmark trial against Mafia Don Dominic Cavello. Everybody is on edge. No one has ever crossed the man whose orders have made entire families disappear.

Though Cavello's influence extends across blue uniforms and black robes, the case should be open-and-shut. But the legal system fails with devastating results, and Nick and Andie are the only ones left to seek justice. To stop the Electrician, they must take matters into their own hands. They are the judge and jury now.

James Patterson spins an all-out heart-pounding legal thriller that pits two people against the most vicious and powerful mobster since John Gotti.

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The book itself was great. I already had it in hardback but bought the
audio for my husband to listen to while traveling back and forth to work.
Patterson usually comes out with great books and this one was no exception. When I started reading, I could barely put it down.

"Judge & Jury" by James Patterson's is yet another collaboration with Andrew Gross. The two once again team up for a quick and easy suspense novel. Meet Andie DeGrasse, a single mother/struggling actress who has been called as a potential juror in the highly publicized trial of Mafia Don Dominic Cavello. Tracked down and brought to justice by a dedicated FBI Agent, Nick Pellisante, Cavello is preparing for his trial, which is turning into the trial of the century. Unfortunately, Cavello doesn't intend to go down without a fight, or plan to serve any serious time in prison, and orchestrates something that will live in the minds of those determined to bring him down, for the rest of their lives. Bent on revenge and dishing out their own idea of justice, Andie and Nick set out to bring down the man that has caused so many people to lose their lives.

This book was quick and easy to read. It is not as well thought out and executed as some of Patterson's early works, but it isn't as bad as some of his other collaborations. Getting it from a friend and reading it just as something light between your heavy reading, would be fine.

Typically fast-paced, this brings a rogue Special Agent face to face with a trio of powerful, well-trained hit men guilty of the most horrific crimes. There's a romance, and the story moves from one exotic location to another, with never a dull moment! As is so typical of James Patterson, the hero doesn't play by the rules, but we root for him anyway. One of the innovations in this novel is that the leading lady learns not to play by the rules in exacting her revenge for her son's murder. The story raises some interesting questions about juror safety, questions all readers will be pondering the next time they happen to receive a summons for duty.

I am a big James Patterson fan. I like to read his books- they usually have a lot of mystery to them, secret characters, and unexpected plot twists. This book had none of the those elements. This book basically introduces you to the good guys and the bad guys and then tells the story of how the characters reach the predictable and boring conflict resolution. No surprise, no suspense.

James Patterson's reliable beach reads don't subvert or twist the conventions of the thriller genre, but rather revel in them. So, in a crime thriller like this one, you get lots of action, some courtroom theatrics, a little international espionage, and, of course, some hot romance. In the sense that you've seen these elements before, I guess it's all "by the numbers", but the author always delivers these things in a skillful manner, making you want to shoot through the story even as you're well aware of the formula. I was quite entertained by "Judge & Jury", a joint venture between Mr. Patterson and occasional collaborator Andrew Gross.

Despite the safe, marketable formula, "Judge & Jury" does get a few extra points for one or two instances of gutsiness. For one thing, something truly tragic and shocking happens to heroine Andi DeGrasse about a third of the way into the book, something beyond what most editors would probably consider an acceptable level of bad business to inflict on a bouncy female character appearing in a summer beach read. Second, the scenes of sexuality, though not constant, aren't afraid to venture well into adult R-rated territory. These two examples demonstrated to me that the book, despite its clear intent to be a huge seller, wasn't afraid to be a little tough and a little adult. I liked that.

I actually listed to "Judge & Jury" in unabridged audiobook form, wonderfully read by actor Joe Mantegna and peppered throughout with sound effects and music cues. I often find those latter elements corny when they appear in audiobooks, but they worked here, making the whole thing remind me of an entertaining, involving movie.

But whether you listen to this book or read it the old-fashioned way, I think you'll enjoy this capable, gutsy tale that runs the gamut from revenge to romance, with all kinds of interesting business in between.