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Country United States Publication date July 9, 1997 Originally published 9 July 1997 Genre Novel Publisher HarperCollins | 4/5 Goodreads Language English Pages 560 pp ISBN 0688150896 OCLC 35627723 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (hardback & paperback) Similar Brad Meltzer books, Supreme court books, Novels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The tenth justice
The Tenth is Brad Meltzer's first novel. Brad wrote the book when he was 26, a recent graduate of Columbia Law School. It centers on a Supreme Court clerk who leaks the Court's ruling to another lawyer. The lawyer is a fraud who blackmails the clerk. The lawyer and his friends come up with a plan to save themselves and stop the blackmailer. According to WorldCat, the book is in 1901 libraries
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Plot
Ben Addison, new a Supreme Court clerk, accidentally reveals an upcoming decision to another lawyer. That lawyer is a fraud though and he makes millions off the announcement. The lawyer also blackmails Ben. To save himself, Ben shares his secret with Lisa, a fellow clerk, and his three roommates: a State Department worker;a Washington Daily reporter; and an Senator's assistant. The team uses their resources to uncover the blackmailer and save their friend, but their abuse of power comes at a cost. Someone within their circle is leaking information, so they must battle internal and external forces to secure their once bright futures.