Grisham, John – The Appeal



After forty-two hours of deliberations that followed seventy-one days of trial that
included 530 hours of testimony from four dozen witnesses, and after a lifetime of
sitting silently as the lawyers haggled and the judge lectured and the spectators
watched like hawks for telltale signs, the jury was ready. Locked away in the jury room,
secluded and secure, ten of them proudly signed their names to the verdict while the
other two pouted in their corners, detached and miserable in their dissension.
There were hugs and smiles and no small measure of self-congratulation because they
had survived this little war and could now march proudly back into the arena with a
decision they had rescued through sheer determination and the dogged pursuit of compromise.
Their ordeal was over; their civic duty complete. They had served above and beyond.
They were ready.

The foreman knocked on the door and rustled Uncle Joe from his slumbers. Uncle Joe,
the ancient bailiff, had guarded them while he also arranged their meals, heard their
complaints, and quietly slipped their messages to the judge. In his younger years,
back when his hearing was better, Uncle Joe was rumored to also eavesdrop on his
juries through a ?imsy pine door he and he alone had selected and installed. But his
listening days were over, and, as he had con?ded to no one but his wife, after the
ordeal of this particular trial he might just hang up his old pistol once and for all.
The strain of controlling justice was wearing him down.

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Grisham, John - The Brethren



Trumble: a minimum security federal prison, a 'camp', home to the usual assortment
of criminals - drug dealers, bank robbers, swindlers, embezzlers, tax evaders,
two Wall Street crooks, one doctor, at least five lawyers. And three former judges
who call themselves The Brethren: one from Texas, one from California, and one from
Mississippi. They meet each day in the law library, their turf at Trumble, where they
write briefs, handle cases for other inmates, practise law without a licence, and
sometimes dispense jailhouse justice. And they spend hours writing letters. They are
fine-tuning a mail scam, and it's starting to really work. The money is pouring in.
Then their little scam goes awry. It ensnares the wrong victim, an innocent on the
outside, a man with dangerous friends, and The Brethren's days of quietly marking time
are over...

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Pass: 12

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Grisham, John - The Firm



Mitch qualified at Harvard, third in his class, and is sought by law firms
all over America. The one that gets him is small, but well-respected, and
pays him beyond his wildest dreams. But then the nightmares begin - secret files,
bugs in the bedroom, colleagues mysterious deaths and mob money.

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Grisham, John - The Innocent Man



In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle.
But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs,
and women. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Ron’s home, a young cocktail
waitress named Debra Sue Carter was savagely murdered. The investigation led nowhere.
Until, on the flimsiest evidence, it led to Ron Williamson. The washed-up small-town
hero was charged, tried, and sentenced to death—in a trial littered with lying witnesses
and tainted evidence that would shatter a man’s already broken life…and let a true killer
go free. Impeccably researched, grippingly told, filled with eleventh-hour drama, John
Grisham’s first work of nonfiction reads like a page-turning legal thriller. It is a book
that will terrify anyone who believes in the presumption of innocence.

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Grisham, John - The Broker



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 knows is that the
President issues the pardon only after receiving enormous pressure from the CIA.
It seems Backman, in his power broker heyday, may have obtained secrets that compromise
the world's most sophisticated satellite surveillance system.

Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane, given a new name,
a new identity, and a new home in Italy. Eventually, after he has settled into his new life,
the CIA will leak his whereabouts to the Israelis, the Russians, the Chinese, and the Saudis.
Then the CIA will do what it does best: sit back and watch. The question is not whether
Backman will survive --- there is no chance of that. The question the CIA needs answered
is, who will kill him?

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Grisham, John - The Last Juror



Willie Traynor, a college dropout, talks his wealthy grandmother into loaning him the
money to purchase a bankrupt Mississippi small town newspaper. Traynor isn't having
much luck with the newspaper until a young mother is brutally ****d and murdered by
a a disturbed young member of the Padgitt family. The Padgitt family has been known
for years to be criminals, thugs and bandits. They isolate themselves on a small patch
of land just outside of town and are rumored to regularly pay off local government
officials and police. When Traynor provides detailed and accurate coverage of the
murder his newspaper sales explode. Traynor's coverage of the trial infuriated the
Padgitt family and he soon finds himself and his newspaper business threatened both
by the Padgitts' lawyers and by their hired killers. The killer is finally convicted,
but when he gets out of jail, the jurors from his trial start dying one by one.

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Grisham, John - The Pelican Brief



The book begins with the assassination of two Supreme Court Justices, by the names of
Rosenberg and Jensen. The general populace can see no connection between the two,
nor can they speculate as to why either would be killed--Rosenberg was rapidly
approaching death by natural causes, and Jensen had never seemed to be too opinionated.
The FBI is baffled; the Oval Office is in a state of chaotic stress. The list of suspects
seems far too obvious, and proves to be filled with dead-ends. However, Tulane law student
Darby Shaw begins an investigation of her own--stirring up whirlpool of suspense and terror.
Darby researches Rosenberg and Jensen's court records, searching for a similarity in beliefs,
something that would give someone a cause to kill them both. Once she has found her answer,
she composes a brief, explaining the identity of the man who hired the assassin, his motive, and his position. She conjectures that it was Victor Mattiece, a man who had an upcoming appeal to regain oil-drilling land that had formerly been protected due to the endangered brown pelicans on the territory. Jensen and Rosenberg, both staunch environmentalists, would have decreased his chances of winning the appeal had they stayed on the Supreme Court. Being friendly with the president, Mattiece knew that he would appoint new justices that would rule more in his favor. Darby gives a copy of what she names "The Pelican Brief" to Thomas Callahan, her lover and Constitutional Law professor. After he reads it, he passes a copy to his friend Gavin Verheek, a lawyer with the FBI. Verheek then passes it on to FBI director Voyles, who, in turn, passes it on to the president and vice president. Shortly after, a bomb, intended for Darby, is placed on Callahan's car while the two are in a restaurant. Darby does not enter the car, telling Thomas that she will walk home due to his lack of sobriety. Immediatley after
starting the car, it explodes, killing Callahan instantly. After going on the run, Darby
speaks with Verheek, arranging to meet him for FBI protection. He too, is killed, by the
notorious assassin Khamel (hired by Mattiece).

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Grisham, John - The RainMaker



A young Tennessee lawyer fresh out of law school takes the case of his life
in this amazing courtroom drama. When a big insurance company tries to keep
from having to pay for the care that a young man diagnosed with leukemia needs,
the family decides to hire a lawyer. Rudy (Damon) takes on this client in his
first case after the head of his law office has to hide because he's wanted
by the feds. He must overcome many obstacles inside and outside the courtroom
as he attempts to find out what it means to be a lawyer and how far you have
to go before you become a sell-out.

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Grisham, John - The Street Lawyer



This audio version of John Grisham's blockbuster The Street Lawyer is narrated by
Michael Beck (The Golden Seal, Xanadu), whose portrayal of the similarly named Michael
Brock, with his squeaky-clean voice and crisp annunciation, is in perfect pitch with
the corporate attorney's Ivy League image. Beck's believable, engaging performance is
compelling, drawing the listener into Brock's charmed life and his decision to quit
the firm after being held hostage by a disgruntled homeless man. Moved by a crisis
of conscience, Brock seeks out the gravel-throated, streetwise legal aid counselor
Mordecai Green. Green shows him the ropes, and Brock soon becomes part of the scenery
he used to look down on from his plush 14th-floor office. Meanwhile, our hero is on
the lam for stealing an important file that holds the secret to an illegal eviction--one
that may lead to a murder charge. Faced with a failing marriage, a client on crack, and
the threat of disbarment, Michael has plenty to think about as he and Mordecai negotiate
a fair settlement for the victims of an inexcusable crime.

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Grisham, John - The Summons



Law professor Ray Atlee and his prodigal brother, Forrest, are summoned home to Clanton,
Mississippi, by their ailing father to discuss his will. But when Ray arrives the judge
is already dead, and the one-page document dividing his meager estate between the two
sons seems crystal clear. What it doesn't mention, however, is the small fortune in
cash Ray discovers hidden in the old man's house--$3 million he can't account for and
doesn't mention to brother Forrest, either.
Ray's efforts to keep his find a secret, figure out where it came from, and hide it
from a nameless extortioner, who seems to know more about it than he does, culminate
in a denouement with an almost biblical twist. It's a slender plot to hang a thriller
on, and in truth it's not John Grisham's best in terms of pacing, dramatic tension,
and interesting characters (except for Harry Rex, a country lawyer who was the judge's
closest friend and in many ways is the father Ray wishes he'd had.

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Pass: 12