Impaired Judgement

by David Compton

The president's wife, a respected federal judge, presides over the case of a reputed mobster accused of killing another judge while the man's attorney tries to blackmail her into a not guilty verdict.

Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 2000

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Reviews

[Chuck · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here we have a political thriller which, usually, is right up my alley. It has all the ingredients; a U.S. District Court Judge who happens to be the wife of POTUS and is sitting in judgment of a mafia kingpin accused of murdering another federal judge; a high profile defense attorney with questionable ethics who is looking for dirt on the judge and a "know it all" fixer who is POTUS' Chief of Staff. The storyline starts out OK but as we work through it I thought it stretched credibility. It
also got lost a couple of times in legal rhetoric. It was just OK in my opinion.

[Amanda Biastock · Rating 3 out of 5]

Took a while to get into it but overall interesting storylines.

[Katie Landstra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Is it bad that I wanted the blackmail scandal to work?

Overall this wasn’t a bad book. There were a few plot holes, like the fact that even if Paula was convicted of murder she could’ve easily just been pardoned because her husband is literally the president. The family’s interactions were a little forced and cringy, but I almost feel like that was the point.

[Lynn Kay Vogt · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was incredibly well written from start to finish. An great read.

[Susan]

Good

[Janet]

LB

[Tom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun read, interesting ending, but would not recommend it to my friends.