Author: James Patterson

Title: Judge Stone: A Novel

Binding: paperback

Release Date: 2026

Details: #1 New York Times Bestseller

Two titans of storytelling — Viola Davis and James Patterson — have collided to create the most electrifying courtroom drama of the year, and the most unforgettable character to grace the pages of fiction in a very long time. All rise... for Judge Stone.

In the small town of Union Springs, Alabama (population 3,314), there is one person everyone trusts. One person who holds the line between order and chaos, between right and wrong, between the world as it is and the world as it should be. Judge Mary Stone has spent her life earning that trust — running her family farm at dawn and commanding her courtroom by day with an iron grace that leaves no room for doubt...

Until now.

The case that lands before her is unlike anything the South has ever seen. Criminally, it's open-and-shut. But ethically? There is no middle ground. No compromise. No escape. Every eye in the country is watching. Every opinion has already been formed. And at the centre of it all sits one woman, carrying the unbearable weight of a single, impossible choice — between life and death...

Some cases don't just test a judge. They define one.

Judge Stone didn't get here by taking the easy road. And she's not about to let fear, fury, or the weight of a watching world stop her from delivering what she has always believed in — justice, no matter the cost.

EAN: 9780316601696

Languages: en