I have read all his works. Up to now he's been great, but I think the plot of this one is weak, predictable and shallow. His characterization fails completely,unless he was trying to write comedy. Perhaps he has to grind stuff out to meet contractual obligations, but putting the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court in Federal prison with a couple of buffoons fails the test of credibility. As a retired attorney and a real Grisham fan, I was terribly disappointed.