A Supreme Court justice murdered—and Tom Berte is the only lifeline for the accused.Comfortably settled into a civil law practice in Albany, Tom Berte has finally left behind the conspiracies and threats of his past. But when a shocking murder strikes the Supreme Court, Madison Redding reaches out with a desperate plea for help, and Tom can't ignore her call. A young Supreme Court clerk accused of killing Tom's former mentor, Madison swears she's innocent; the vict...

Lawyer Tom Berte's bucolic new life is about to be shattered by a threat he can't ignore.Tom Berte, a former Department of Justice lawyer, thought he'd left his past behind when he moved to Castle Ridge with his family. But when a brutal attack leaves him fighting for his life, Tom and his family find themselves at the epicenter of an unfolding conspiracy that stretches from the local ski resort to a desert compound on the other side of the world.At the hea...

When the scales of justice are tipped, a lawyer's brilliance is put to the test.Thomas Berte, a Harvard-educated attorney at the peak of his career with a corporate law firm, is catapulted into the legal battle of a lifetime when the US Attorney General offers him the position of Deputy Attorney General. Though a testament to his meteoric rise in the legal field, this career jump seems too good to be true.Accepting the role, Tom is charged with a daunting t...