introduces readers to Marko Zorn, a Washington, DC homicide detective with a strong moral compass who isn’t afraid to bend the rules to get results. The second thriller, Head Shot, was released in 2021 and the third book, Firetrap, was released in 2024. The Reflecting Pool, Head Shot, and Firetrap were all named Amazon Editors Picks for Best Mystery, Thriller or Suspense. The fourth book in the Marko Zorn series, Black Sun Rising, is now available, and has received enthusiastic advance praise: “Another Otho Eskin thriller that delivers double the trouble, twice the action, and quadruple the enjoyment.” —Steve Berry, New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author.
At CrimeReads Eskin tagged five "novels that depict the end (or near-end) of democracy." One title on the list:
Stacey Abrams’ While Justice Sleeps (2021)Read about the other novels on the list at CrimeReads.
Abrams does not only fight authoritarianism in her work as a community organizer and voting rights activist, she takes the cause of democracy to the page. Her latest legal thriller, While Justice Sleeps, follows Avery Keene, an up-and-coming law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Howard Wynn. When the enigmatic justice falls into a coma, leaving Keene as his legal guardian and power of attorney, she must continue his investigation of a biotech firm and genetics company whose merger will empower the government to use a biological weapon against specific ethnic groups. This book is a vivid reminder of the longstanding alliance between medico-scientific research and fascist government—something that I explore in Black Sun Rising.
While Justice Sleeps is among Brittany Bunzey's eight best legal thrillers.
--Marshal Zeringue
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