New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder returns with a suspenseful and explosive new thriller about a female judge and the one personal misstep that could lead to her—and her family's—undoing.

It was nothing more than a one-night stand. Juliana Brody, a judge in the Superior Court of Massachusetts, is rumored to be in consideration for the federal court, maybe someday the highest court in the land. At a conference in a Chicago hotel she meets a gentle, vulnerable man, and in a moment of weakness has an unforgettable night with him. They part with an explicit understanding that this must never happen again.

But back home in Boston, it becomes clear that this was no random encounter. The man from Chicago proves to have an integral role in a case she's presiding over—a sex-discrimination case that's received national attention. And Juliana discovers that she's been entrapped, her night of infidelity captured on video. Strings are being pulled in high places, a terrifying unfolding conspiracy that will turn her life upside down. Her career, her family, and then her life are on the line.

And turning the tables on her adversaries will require her to be as ruthless as they are.