The
ConfessionPublished: October 2010
An innocent man is about to be executed. Only a guilty man can
save him. For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty
one left on the outside. He doesn’t understand how the police and
prosecutors got the wrong man...more
Theodore
Boone: Kid LawyerPublished: May 2010
In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and
though he’s only thirteen years old, Theo Boone thinks he’s one of
them. Theo knows every judge, policeman, court clerk—and a lot
about the law. He dreams of being a great trial lawyer...more
Ford
CountyPublished: 2009
John Grisham takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi, with his
first collection of short stories.
Wheelchair-bound Inez Graney and her two older sons, Leon and
Butch, take a bizarre road trip through the Mississippi Delta...more
The
AssociatePublished: 2009
Kyle McAvoy grew up in his father’s small-town law office in York,
Pennsylvania. He excelled in college, was elected editor-in-chief of
The Yale Law Journal, and his future has limitless potential. But
Kyle has a secret, a dark one, an episode from...more
The
AppealPublished: 2008
Politics has always been a dirty game. Now justice is, too. In a
crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict
against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a
small town’s water supply, causing...more
Playing
for PizzaPublished: 2007
Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland
Browns. In the AFC Championship game against Denver, to the
surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into
the game. With a 17-point lead and just...more
The
Innocent ManPublished: 2006
John Grisham's first work of nonfiction, an exploration of small town
justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet.
In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the
State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed...more
The
BrokerPublished: 2005
In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants
a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious
Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden
away in a federal prison. What no one...more
The
Last JurorPublished: 2004
In 1970, one of Mississippi’s more colorful weekly newspapers, The
Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of
many, ownership was assumed by a 23-year-old college dropout,
named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked...more
BleachersPublished: 2003
High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best
quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans.
Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has
come home to Messina to bury...more
The
King of TortsPublished: 2003
The office of the public defender is not known as a training ground
for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long and,
like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm.
When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man...more
The
SummonsPublished: 2002
Once Judge Atlee was a powerful figure in Clanton, Mississippi--a
pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for
forty years. Now the judge is a shadow of his former self, a sick,
lonely old man who has withdrawn to his...more
Skipping
ChristmasPublished: 2001
Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny
office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That’s just
what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that,
just this once, they’ll skip the holiday...more
A
Painted HousePublished: 2001
The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. It was a
Wednesday, early in September 1952. The Cardinals were five
games behind the Dodgers with three weeks to go, and the season
looked hopeless. The cotton, however, was waist-high...more
The
BrethrenPublished: 2000
They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraced former judges
doing time in a Florida federal prison. One was sent up for tax
evasion. Another, for skimming bingo profits. And the third, for a
career-ending drunken...more
The
TestamentPublished: 1999
In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting
his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send
a message to his children, his ex-wife, and his minions, a message
that will touch off a vicious legal battle and...more
The
Street LawyerPublished: 1998
Michael Brock is billing the hours, making the money, rushing
relentlessly to the top of Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law
firm. One step away from partnership, Michael has it all. Then, in
an instant, it all comes undone. A homeless man...more
The
PartnerPublished: 1997
They watched Danilo Silva for days before they finally grabbed
him. He was living alone, a quiet life on a shady street in a small
town in Brazil; a simple life in a modest home, certainly not one of
luxury. Certainly no evidence of the fortune they...more
The
Runaway JuryPublished: 1996
Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him. In Biloxi,
Mississippi, a landmark tobacco trial with hundreds of millions of
dollars at stake begins routinely, and then swerves mysteriously off
course. The jury is behaving strangely...more
The
RainmakerPublished: 1995
He’s a young lawyer who does yard work in exchange for rent, then
one little case begins to explode. It’s summer in Memphis. The
sweat is sticking to Rudy Baylor’s shirt and creditors are nipping at
his heels. Once he had aspirations of breezing through law...more
The
ChamberPublished: 1994
In the corridors of Chicago's top law firm: Twenty-six-year-old
Adam Hall stands on the brink of a brilliant legal career. Now he is
risking it all for a death-row killer and an impossible case. Maximum
Security Unit...more
The
ClientPublished: 1993
In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny
Lincoln pull up to the curb. Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his
younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance
encounter with a suicidal lawyer left Mark...more
The
Pelican BriefPublished: 1992
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...more
The
FirmPublished: 1991
For a young lawyer on the make, it was an offer he couldn't refuse:
a position at a law firm where the bucks, billable hours, and
benefits are over the top. It's a dream job for an up-and-comer,
if he can overlook the uneasy...more
A
Time to KillPublished: 1989
Two drunken and remorseless young men shatter the life of a
ten-year-old girl. The mostly white town reacts with shock and
horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an
assault rifle -- and takes justice into his own...more