Although fiction, this book does have some basis in reality. Including how the justice system is broken, how the rich can often buy their way out of punishment one way or another while those who lack money are stuck taking the brunt of it all. There's a side story of an assassin going after the DA in the story, which is thrilling and more interesting than the critique of a broken system. Decent read.

Jurisdiction Denied practically overflows with creative characters,  action sequences, and relentlessly tense descriptions that are so meticulously detailed.. Legal thrills run full tilt from beginning to end..

I was very disappointed in this book. A real wasted opportunity. For the first several pages, I really disliked the main character, the Judge. After reading the first quarter of the book, he kind of grew on me. Sort of a riff on Mike Hammer, if he was a Judge. Irreverent and quirky. But it grew tiring, listening to his juvenile attitudes and complaints. As well as his imagined sexual prowess. 
But then the book didn't go anywhere! The plot, if there was ever going to be one, remained unexplained. I made it to the halfway point of the book. At that point, I couldn't bare to read anymore of the Judge's silly jokes, comments, put-downs, or superior attitude. And as there really was no plot, I decided to abandon the book. And that's rare for me, I almost always finish a book once I begin reading it!