Judge & Jury (with Andrew Gross)

#1 bestselling author James Patterson returns with the blockbuster of the summer-the ultimate legal thriller. Andie DeGrasse, an aspiring actress and single mom, is hoping to get dismissed from the jury pool. She tells the judge that her legal knowledge comes from a bit part curling around a stripper's pole in The Sopranos. But she still ends up as Juror #11 in a landmark trial against a mob boss. THE JUDGE IS TERRIFIED OF THE DEFENDANT. The case becomes the new Trial of the Century. Mafia Don Dominic Cavello, the Electrician, is linked to hundreds of gruesome crimes. Senior FBI agent Nick Pellisante has been tracking him for years, and the evidence against the killer is ironclad. SO IS THE JURY. As the jury is about to reach a verdict, the Electrician makes one devastating move that no one could have predicted. The nation is reeling, and Andie's world is shattered. For her, the hunt for the Electrician becomes personal, and she and Pellisante forge an unbreakable bond: they will exact justice-at any cost. THE VERDICT: RUN FOR YOUR LIFE. Judge & Jury is an all-out heart-pounding legal thriller by "one of America's most influential authors" (New York Times). Copyright © 2006 by James Patterson. Published by Warner Books.