The Pelican Brief
John Grisham
(Author)
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - In suburban Georgetown a killer's Reeboks whisper on the front floor of a posh home... In a seedy D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted to death... The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And in New Orleans, a young law student prepares a legal brief... To Darby Shaw it was no more than a legal shot in the dark, a brilliant guess. To the Washington establishment it was political dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder--a murder intended for her. Going underground, she finds there is only one person she can trust--an ambitious reporter after a newsbreak hotter than Watergate--to help her piece together the deadly puzzle. Somewhere between the bayous of Louisiana and the White House's inner sanctums, a violent cover-up is being engineered. For someone has read Darby's brief. Someone who will stop at nothing to destroy the evidence of an unthinkable crime. Don't miss John Grisham's new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!Product Details
Price
$9.99
$9.29
Publisher
Anchor Books
Publish Date
January 05, 2010
Pages
496
Dimensions
4.2 X 7.4 X 1.4 inches | 0.6 pounds
Language
English
Type
Mass Market Paperbound
EAN/UPC
9780440245933
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About the Author
John Grisham is the author of forty-seven consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include The Judge's List, Sooley, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which is being developed by HBO as a limited series. Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction. When he's not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system. John lives on a farm in central Virginia.
Reviews
"Gripping... a genuine page-turner. Grisham is a skillful craftsman."--New York Times Book Review. "Grisham has done it again!"--Chicago Tribune. "A fast-paced thriller...it's got the unmistakable Grisham style--conspiracy in high places, evil and innocent lawyers, assassins and a plot that will keep you reading into the small hours of the morning."--Cincinnati Post "Superb drama . . . page-turning escapism at its best."--New York Law Journal
"A first-class thriller."--Chattanooga Times Free Press "There is a propulsiveness to [Grisham's] narrative that keeps the pages turning briskly."--People
"A first-class thriller."--Chattanooga Times Free Press "There is a propulsiveness to [Grisham's] narrative that keeps the pages turning briskly."--People
