I’m a big fan of Joseph Finder, so was happy to receive a copy of Judgment from Penguin Group Dutton and NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. This is a standalone novel featuring  Judge Juliana Brody, a happily married up-and-coming judicial star goes to a legal conference and does something out of character: she has a one-night stand. She and the man agreed it was a once-only thing, and they would never see each other again…then he waltzes into her courtroom, an attorney in a huge case she is dealing with.

That one-night stand turns out to be Kompromat, as she is soon threatened with blackmail by Russian organized crime, and her fears expand as her family is threatened. Judge Brody is a likeable heroine, and the story is compelling as it combines elements of two current issues that are much in the news: Russian criminals and #MeToo.
The story has some aspects that require some willing suspension of disbelief, but I was totally ready to be swept up in a thriller, and willing to just go with it as long as it entertained me all the way through. It definitely did! Four stars. (And I’d like to see more from Finder featuring Judge Juliana Brody. )