Viola Davis/ James Patterson: Judge Stone, Century, ebook available 

I am usually sceptical when co-authorships occur but "Judge Stone" clearly has Viola Davis voice and input. Reaĺly dug into this fine legal thriller, set in the black belt of the US south, Union Springs, Alabama . Here Judge Stone, a charismatic black woman and owner of a small farm, tries to deal out justice in her court without politics in mind. White racism is still in full bloom. 

When the local family doctor Bria Gaines  performs an abortion on pregnant Nova, a 13 year old girl brought in by the school nurse, she knows she is risking her career as abortions are illegal in Alabama. Dr. Gaines case is the setting for this explosive novel, I could not put it down and luckily read it in one go on a long flight home from the US literally feeling the steaming and dangerous atmosphere  Judge Stone faced daily.  An outstanding legal thriller that gripped me from start to finish.