Judge Stone

Judge Stone

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by James Patterson, Viola Davis

standalone novel

published March 2026

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James Patterson is back with a new courtroom drama co-authored with award-winning actress Viola Davis, in a story set in rural Alabama.

All rise… for Judge Stone. The most respected citizen in Union Springs, Alabama (population 3,314), is Judge Mary Stone. She holds two responsibilities sacred: running her family farm and presiding over her courtroom. It’s there she draws the most controversial case in the history of the South. Criminally, it’s open-and-shut.

Ethically, there is no middle ground. Essentially, it’s a choice between life and death. No judge can satisfy everyone. It would be dangerous to try. But Judge Stone is willing to fight to bring justice to the people and place she loves.