The Brethren – John Grisham

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In The Brethren, John Grisham introduces readers to three disgraced former judges who now find themselves in a Florida federal prison, facing the consequences of their past actions. Each of the men has a different story: one was convicted for tax evasion, another for skimming bingo profits, and the third for a drunken joyride that ended his career. Once revered in the courtroom, they now live in a very different world.

Every day, they meet in the prison law library, walking the yard in their boxer shorts, reminiscing about their former lives, and dispensing bits of jailhouse justice. But instead of merely passing the time, these ex-judges are plotting something much more ambitious: a way to get very rich, very fast.

Their plan involves a dangerous game with a ruthless and powerful criminal, and as their scheme unfolds, it becomes clear that their time in prison may be about to come to a much more deadly end.