J.R. Reardon is a Boston native, Suffolk University Law School alum, and former partner of Saltzman & McNaught, LLP. A third-generation attorney admitted to practice in the Federal and State Courts of Massachusetts, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court, Reardon is experienced in many areas including both civil and criminal litigation. She is the granddaughter of the Honorable Judge John J. McNaught, who sat on the Federal District Court, District of Massachusetts - the inspiration for a recurring character in her books. In her spare time, Reardon has taught insurance law, continuing education workshops, and is published in the Suffolk University Law Review. She is a member of several legal associations in both Massachusetts and the District of Columbia, and is also active in Sisters in Crime, New England. She is the author of Confidential Communications and Dishonored, both thrillers praised worldwide. After eight years living in the Washington DC area, Attorney Reardon has returned to Massachusetts, where she lives with her husband David and their two children. For more information, visit her website at www.jrreardon.com.
Advice and Consent
by J.R. Reardon
Advice and Consent
by J.R. Reardon
Published Jun 29, 2012
343 Pages
Genre: FICTION / Legal
Book Details
When those we trust betray us, where do we turn?
United States Supreme Court Justice Sean McNaught, the crucial swing vote on a divided court, has decided to retire. It is up to President James Cotson to find his replacement. The President’s search is plagued with problems as his first two nominees are rejected. Worse, a wave of terrorist attacks targeting Supreme Court Justices and members of Congress shock the nation. During this national crisis, 13-year-old Angelica Hernandez sits in the courtroom of Judge Rebecca Tameron in the Federal District Court of Vermont, waiting for the sentencing of Gedof Maradon, the man who brutally attacked her. Maradon fails to appear at his sentencing, and Angelica, who knows more about his crimes than she has told, is in grave danger. Reardon’s latest thriller once again sends Rebecca up and down the East Coast, this time in a desperate attempt to protect an innocent young girl as well as the lives of the country’s highest officials. How can she protect Angelica? What secrets does Angelica know? More importantly, how can Rebecca possibly protect anyone when her own family is in danger?
