NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER They call themselves the Brethren three disgraced former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison. One was sent up for tax evasion. Another for skimming bingo profits. The third for a careerending drunken joyride. Meeting daily in the prison law library taking exercise walks in their boxer shorts these judgesturnedfelons can reminisce about old court cases dispense a little jailhouse justice and contemplate where their lives went wrong. Or they can use their time in prison to get very richvery fast. And so they sit sprawled in the prison library furiously writing letters finetuning a wickedly brilliant extortion scamwhile events outside their prison walls begin to erupt. A bizarre presidential election is holding the nation in its grips and a powerful government figure is pulling some very hidden strings. For the Brethren the timing couldnt be better. Because theyve just found the perfect victim. show more