Best Selling Books by Allen Drury

A gripping novel about the deterioration of the criminal justice system and the mysterious, powerful body at its core--the Supreme Court of the United States.Earle Holgren--murderer, terrorist, lost soul--is the center of a vortex that sweeps up a fascinating cast of characters in their ambitions, politics, honor, and scandal. From the eight Justices of the Supreme Court, to the Attorney General of South Carolina who sees a compelling, controversial trial as an opportunity for demagoguery that might pave his path to the White House, to the idealistic defense lawyer who seeks to save a man she knows to be a psychopathic killer, to a driven Washington journalist in love with one of the Justices whose marriage is crumbling, and other Justices with their own agendas, vendettas, and secrets, Decision is a sweeping tale that begins at a nuclear power plant in South Carolina, works its way through the courts of that state, and finally to the halls of the Supreme Court.From Allen Drury, the master of spellbinding political fiction, author of Advise and Consent

Political commentary by a Washington correspondent, based on columns dated December, 1946 to October, 1954 for papers of the Midwest and Far West, including the "Times" of Palo Alto, California.

Further developing the characters introduced in Toward What Bright Light?, this novel is set against the dramatic events of the mid-20th century, from World War II to Vietnam. Along the way they confront their individual attitudes toward race, sexuality, religion and politics.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Advise and Consent has produced a compelling bestseller of secrecy and scandal in the Pentagon. America is about to find out what the real forces are behind the decisions of men like the Secretary of Defense and the President.bleday.

Shows the power of TV, the press, and radio on American policy.