{"product_id":"judge-stone-james-patterson-9781529943634","title":"Judge Stone","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom bestselling thriller writer James Patterson and Academy Award winner Viola Davis comes To Kill A Mockingbird for the 21st Century - a heart-pounding courtroom drama where establishment, power, and conscience collide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eViola Davis and James Patterson have written an incredible courtroom drama and created the most unforgettable character in years. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAll rise...for Judge Stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe most respected citizen in Union Springs, Alabama (population 3,314), is Judge Mary Stone. She holds two responsibilities sacred- running her family farm and presiding over her courtroom. Everything changes when she draws the most controversial case in the history of the South.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCriminally, it's open-and-shut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEthically, there is no middle ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEssentially, it's a choice between life and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo judge can satisfy everyone. It would be dangerous to try. But Judge Stone is willing to fight to bring justice to the people and place she loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e-------------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn explosive legal thriller that will keep you turning the pages until the stunning conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A stunning, powerful and incendiary courtroom thriller. Impossible to put down' - CHRIS WHITAKER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Gripping, tense, heart-wrenching, timely and so, so important. I read it in one sitting. This is a story that everyone will be talking about in 2026.' - RUTH MANCINI\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The co-authors' seamless collaboration is highly successful - as good as a John Grisham page-turner' - THE SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'This is a tale that is impossible to put down, elegant, thoughtful and terrifying' - DAILY MAIL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Explosive' - Crime Monthly\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Patterson","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48611830431987,"sku":"9781529943634","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781529943634.jpg?v=1773896738","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/judge-stone-james-patterson-9781529943634","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}