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In John Grisham’s thriller, three former judges, living in a federal minimum‑security penitentiary, devise a scheme to blackmail affluent closeted gay men. The blackmail plan escalates when they embroil a CIA‑backed presidential hopeful.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Thriller/Legal Thriller
Authors: John Grisham
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