The far-fetched conspiracy at the center (I won’t spoil it here, but let’s just say it involves genetic weapons, genocide and more hits than a season of “The Sopranos”) involves cartoonishly evil villains.
To say that the plot hangs together is not to say that it’s believable. The Rube-Goldbergian plot hangs together, thanks to Abrams’s meticulous research, each step carefully planned to get the characters from Point A to Point B in as convoluted a way possible. Riddles and clues make their way to the protagonist, Avery Keene, through a scavenger hunt planned by the now-comatose Supreme Court Justice for whom she clerks. The novel revolves around a conspiracy at the intersection of a number of specialized fields of knowledge: biotech, national security, law and chess. But within its highly fictional, and not terribly believable, plot, the novel holds – and ultimately reveals – something real and powerful about Abrams the politician. And yet, her new novel “While Justice Sleeps” – a complicated political thriller centered on the Supreme Court – ratchets the drama even higher: readers encounter conspiracy, corruption, assassinations, kidnapping and genocide.ĭespite these high stakes, as a political thriller, it’s not the most compelling read.
Given the remarkable drama of her own political rise, it might seem surprising that Abrams has turned to the world of political fiction (How could she possibly need more political drama, this time of her own making?). In the 2020 election, not only did Georgia turn blue, but Democrats won both Senate seats against steep odds in a runoff election. Abrams emerging as a national figure while focusing intently on the state, writing two bestselling books while batting off rumors that she would run for Senate or even president. After a contentious, narrow loss, she devoted herself to turning Georgia blue.
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