Judgment Cometh is Scott Pratt’s eighth installment
in his Joe Dillard series. Dillard has
slowed his caseload as an attorney to allow time to attend to his wife as she
struggles with a new onslaught of cancer. But from an adjacent county comes a
case that Joe decides he needs to take. Joe
is hired by Michael Craig, a wealthy doctor to defend his brother who has been arrested for
murder.
David Craig
is stopped by a Deputy Sheriff for a possible DUI late one night on a lonely
mountain highway. The deputy finds two sealed
coolers in the back of Craig’s pickup, full of human body parts. DNA analysis identifies the dismembered body as
that of a missing Tennessee Supreme Court judge, one of several Tennessee
judges who have disappeared or have been murdered of late. But Craig’s interrogation and arrest are
bungled by the locals and Dillard gets a judge to disallow most of the evidence
against Craig. In dealing with the sober
David Craig, Joe becomes convinced of Craig’s innocence but Craig refuses to
name the true killer for fear of retribution.
With the help of Joe’s pal, Leon Bates, the lawyer vows to find the real
murderer. Leon is the sheriff in Joe’s
home county and has a ‘do whatever it takes’ code like Joe’s, particularly when
friends and family are threatened.
Together they have thwarted many bad guys. When Joe is able to extract the name of the
brutal murderer from Craig, the race is on.
Find the guy and enough evidence to convict him or stop him in whatever
way possible before he kills Craig, more judges, or Leon and Joe.
Judgement Cometh is another great addition to the Joe
Dillard series. Joe’s personal code
again conflicts with the law at times but he is able to maneuver around ethical
issues in the name of justice… a fine line he walks.
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