The Tenth Justice was an instant New York Times bestseller and last summer's hottest beach read. This May, Brad Meltzer is back, striking to the heart of our deepest fears. The young attorney turned bestselling phenomenon pits husband and wife lawyers against each other in a thriller with the most shocking catch 22 of all: When faced with the choice of saving your own life or the life of the person you love the most, how do you choose? Sara Tate, a Manhattan assistant D.A., is very much in love with her defense attorney husband, Jared, but is on the verge of losing her job. So her colleagues coerce her into taking a case marked for the star prosecutor, in hopes of securing her future at the D.A.'s office. But the case is far more complicated -- and deadly -- than it first appears. Sara receives a threat: Win the case or Jared will be killed. And it gets worse. Jared is strong-armed into defending the prime suspect, and he too is instructed to win at all costs or risk Sara's death. In court and at home, husband and wife go head-to-head while harboring the terrible secret of their motives. In a battle of rollercoaster emotions and painful betrayals. Jared and Sara must face the unthinkable truth: No matter who wins, the other dies.