When the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct is contacted by a former lawyer with a compelling story about a judge on the take, an Indian casino, and the ruthless gang behind the criminal conspiracy tying everything together, Lacy Stoltz has no choice but to start an investigation.  But when Lacy and her colleague Hugo start digging, they get a little too close, which puts Lacy in the hospital and Hugo in the ground.  Once she recovers, Lacy collects her evidence, turns it over to the FBI, and waits for the wheels of justice to do their thing.  Will that happen before the unknown whistleblower meets the same fate as Hugo?

John Grisham’s The Whistler, his first of his two books to feature Lacy Stoltz and the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct to date, brings Grisham back to my attention after nearly two years.  He’s recently released a follow-up to his biggest hit, The Firm, which I hope to get to sooner rather than later, though my history with his work shows that I tend to have years-long spurts of inactivity followed by a quick hit or two.  We shall see what happens.