SUPERB- FAST MOVING DEBUT- MAKINGS OF A REAL WINNER!!! my initial reactions to THE LAST JUSTICE...and I am happy to say- INDEED -HAVING COMPLETED IT.. THIS BOOK IS A WINNER!! "CHAOS ERUPTS at the U.S. Supreme Court when an assassin guns down six justices as they are hearing a case. Solicitor General Jefferson McKenna, the government's top lawyer in the Supreme Court, is appointed to the multiagency commission investigating the murders. As Congress draws battle lines over who will replace the sla...

Thanks to Netgalley and Head of Zeus for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.Six supreme court justices were killed on what became known as Black Wednesday. Three were liberal and three were conservative, so a motive has been difficult to establish. Now it is time to name the new nominees and people related to the supreme court in a lesser capacity are starting to die. I jumped at the chance to read this when I found out it was the author who used the pseudonym Alex Finlay to wri...

Politics is murderous!It took me awhile to place all of the characters, but then that is probably Washington D C. As is always the case, the are greedy people everywhere,so it was no surprise that. Washington DC had them also. It maybe fictional but it’s probably closer to real life than not. Enjoy the small view of how the high court works as take everything with a grain of salt. Food tastes better that way.

Once again, this is Alex Finlay writing his supreme court thrillers as Anthony Franze, this is a fraught and tense novel where the unimaginable has happened, an assassin managed to escape capture after gunning down 5 Supreme Court Justices, and where amidst the chaos and mayhem, law enforcement mistakenly shot dead Chief Justice Kincaid who tried to shoot the assassin. With the country left reeling, the day has become known as Black Wednesday, with a multi-agency commission formed to get to the

This book has been sitting on my Kindle since 2012, and I wish I had read it sooner. Heart pounding suspense from start to finish as the story begins with the assassination of 6 of the 9 supreme court justices during a court session. This book reads like something that might happen in today's crazy world; and with all its twists and turns, I never did figure out who was behind it all until it was revealed at the very end. A clean read with just a few expletives. If you like suspense, this one is...

A decent thriller/mystery all about the US Supreme court has a reader who enjoys this genre of book intrigued from the beginning. Franze uses his first novel to examine the mystery behind the murder of 6 Justices in one of the bloodiest events in US history (his words in the narration). He does a decent job laying out the story, advancing the characters, and keeping things moving on many planes, though sometimes I felt as though we had too many things going on to really keep the story moving eff...

Murder/mysteries at the Supreme CourtI make no apology for grouping all three of these murders/mysteries together. In fact, Amazon describes each in the same way - “A suspenseful legal thriller with a shock ending.” The first was an enjoyable read; the second palled a little and the third had a feeling of déjà vu about it.The Outsider features Gray Hernandez, a messenger who works at the Supreme Court and who works as a law clerk after saving the life of Chief Justice Douglas. The plot was fresh...

3 3-1/2 stars. The plot was interesting, characters not developed. Flipping from one crisis to another solved in seconds was distracting. The formatting errors were annoying. Nice debut novel.

I love a good court criminal justice case and this book was like watching the old Law and Order series. So many scheming moments and unpredictable twists and turns, trust and disappointments. Who is behind everything in the end? That was my question at all times and I just flew through the chapters because it’s fast-paced and I was so engrossed that I completely forgot what time was or what’s happening around me. I highly recommend it. 

From never hearing of this author to reading three of his novels in short order is a good thing. This was the third of those novels, and like the other two a thriller based on the legal system as part of the Supreme Court in America.I have previously said that the author writes thrillers similar to John Grisham, especially his earlier works that gave great detail about the legal process. This was probably the wrong thing to point out as Alex Finlay wrote a great thriller in his own style.This wa...

Anthony J. Franze in his new book, “The Last Justice” published by Sterling & Ross Publishers takes us into the life of Solicitor General Jefferson McKenna.From the inside jacket flap: CHAOS ERUPTS at the U.S. Supreme Court when an assassin guns down six justices as they are hearing a case.Solicitor General Jefferson McKenna, the government’s top lawyer in the Supreme Court, is appointed to the multiagency commission investigating the murders. As Congress draws battle lines over who will replace...

"It's unbelievable," Assad said. "All this so he could be nominated to the Supreme Court?" Pacini shrugged, "Welcome to Washington."This was the first book I won through Goodreads First Reads so therefore, I was super excited to start reading it! Because of the failures of other mystery/thriller novels that included main aspects of government, I was a bit skeptical of whether or not I would actually enjoy the book but now after completing it, I can easily say that this book was fantastic (and it...

An enjoyable, fast-paced thriller. Moves VERY fast, in fact - it's kind of like an action-thriller movie, but on the page. You'll zip through it quite fast, which means you don't really have much time to consider its weaknesses very long (or rather sudden shifts in events). Could have been a bit meatier, though. Still, introduced me to the author's work, and I'll be reading the rest of his novels, too.

Very authentic and believable even if the basic premise is a bit far-fetched. The protagonist is not all pearly white but he's definitely human (although you'll see him doing some out-and-out superheroics as well). In fact, I found almost all of the characters plausible, with lots of focus on the serpentine maneuverings of politics/law/crime and (extremely) personal lives, especially the secrets we all have and hope never surface. It truly shows how some can move away from their past and other a...

There is so much going on in this book, even for a legal-type thriller, that I have the sense that Mr. Franze was saving up Every Single Plot Point that had ever crossed his mind for his first book, at which point he threw them all into the mix. Still, a fun, quick vacation read, and having grown up in the area, I enjoyed seeing references to many of my old haunts (White Flint, Mazza Galleria...). I'm continuing to find DC-based legal mysteries to be a great diversion from what is otherwise goin...

Anthony Franze is an amazing writer and his stories are the best! This one is just as good as the other two of his I read. It is so easy to lose track of time while reading his works. I read this one in one day. I could not stop reading. I tried stopping a couple of times to eat but picked it up and kept reading the second I closed it. Once I started I had to finish. The mystery is so good! I love the twists, the buildup, and all the details coming together. Such a great book!

This a fast paced legal and political thriller which will keep you guessing right to the end. Very reminiscent of Scandal and House of Cards. Jefferson McKenna survived Black Wednesday and has to try and solve the assassinations of six justices of the Supreme Court while the political and legal landscape moves around him and things are not quite what they seem. I can't wait to read more from this author.

Premise: a gunman opens fire in the courtroom of the US Supreme Court and kills five justices. A sixth justice (Chief Justice Kincaid) is accidentally killed by police when he pulls out his gun to shoot the gunman. Plot: Solicitor General Jefferson McKenna testifies before the Black Wednesday commission - he believes those responsible must have been trying to delay the Supreme Court from ruling on a case and identifies two cases most likely to be involved.A bunch of people with connections to Mc...

The Last Justice is Anthony J. Franze's first book describing a vicious shooting spree where six Supreme Court Justices were murdered during arguments on a case. Suspicions are quickly cast on the current Solicitor General Jefferson McKenna. This book was pretty fast paced as there were a lot of suspects to choose from and you need a score card to tell the good guys from the bad guys! But I have enjoyed all of Franze's books and I would definitely recommend this one.

I love Alex Finlay so was looking forward to this- especially as legal thrillers are my favourite genre! I wanted to love it, but it was rather tiring!So many characters (I struggle with following books like these, especially if these are added with sideline plots too) and lots of things going on to keep track of. It was a good read, but not one I will really remember after a while.