Title: Midnight
Description: The New York County Courthouse, in Lower Manhattan, has its own rules and traditions. When a judge dies, the members of his staff keep their jobs until the end of that calendar year. So when Judge Alvin Canter quietly expires in his chambers on December 31st, his loyal clerk and secretary find themselves in a difficult situation. Their jobs will vanish at closing time-- unless they can conceal the judge's death until after midnight.
Subjects: Judges, Death, Secrecy, Amerikanisches Englisch, Roman, Fiction, Fiction, legal
Places: New York (N.Y.)