Tom Scorza

Lady Justice: a Novel Tom Scorza

Gina Gallagher, a beautiful federal prosecutor in Chicago, becomes the target of an assassination plot by Colombian narcotics traffickers. The hitmen sent to kill Gina miss her, but brutally murder her trial partner and his wife. Gina is determined to run the investigation into the two murders, but U. S. Attorney John Malone and his first assistant, Jane Newhart, won't allow it. They are afraid Gina will find out that they and U. S. Marshall George Norton failed to act on a tip that there would be an attempted hit on a prosecutor. Gina turns to Chicago homicide detective Moe Ryan, who was her deceased father's police partner. Gina and Moeworking within the law and at its edgequickly reach a dead end. Gina's break comes when she receives a tip from Frank Spello, an undercover FBI "mole" working as the right-hand man of Chicago mafia boss Sal "the Joker" Licata. Gina and Frank fall in love. After Frank learns that Gina's superiors are engaged in a coverup, he joins Gina in an elaborate plan to bust the Colombian bad guys. When those plans go awry, Gina is confronted with a painful choice between the law and justice.