The Tenth Justice

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER?Meltzer has earned the right to belly up to the bar with John Grisham, Scott Turow, and David Baldacci.? ? People "A madcap mix of intrigue, romance and legal trivia.? ? New York TimesThe young attorneys who clerk for Supreme Court justices wield extraordinary power?privy to sensitive material that could prove disastrous in unscrupulous hands, making decisions that could change lives... or destroy them. They are...THE TENTH JUSTICELanding a prestigious position as a Supreme Court clerk fresh out of Yale Law, Ben Addison is on the ultrafast track to success?until he inadvertently shares a classified secret with the wrong listener. And now the anonymous blackmailer who made a killing with Ben's information is demanding more. Guilty of a criminal act, his golden future suddenly in jeopardy, Ben turns for help to his roommates?three close friends from childhood, each strategically placed near the seats of Washington power?and to his beautiful, whip-smart fellow clerk, Lisa Schulman. But trust is a dangerous commodity in the nation's capital. And when lives, careers, and power are at stake, loyalties can shatter like glass... and betrayals can be lethal.