<b>From James Patterson, the world&apos;s #1 bestselling author: a young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown—and ends up in jail herself.</b><br /><br />In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court. <br /> <br />Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There’s only one place to learn the truth behind these incriminating secrets. <br /> <br /><i>Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch of hard time. </i>