G338 Book Review of Supreme Justice by Max Allan Collins
Name of Book: Supreme Justice Author: Max Allan Collins ISBN: 9781612185309 Publisher: Thomas and Mercer Type of book: not too distant future, mystery, plot driven, government, conspiracy, Supreme Justices, Roe vs Wade, murders, forensics, reading body language Year it was published: 2014 Summary: After taking a bullet for his commander-in-chief, Secret Service agent Joseph Reeder is a hero. But his outspoken criticism of the president he saved—who had stacked the Supreme Court with hard-right justices to overturn Roe v. Wade, amp up the Patriot Act, and shred the First Amendment—put Reeder at odds with the Service’s apolitical nature, making him an outcast. FBI agent Patti Rogers finds herself paired with the unpopular former agent on a task force investigating the killing of Supreme Court Justice Henry Venter. Reeder—nicknamed “Peep” for his unparalleled skills at reading body language—makes a startling discovery while reviewing a security tape: the shooting was...