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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 with the Oakland A’s, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big league glory. Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits—drinking, drugs, and women.

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 the worst 'cancer cluster' in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it.

Eine junge Jurastudentin legt eine Akte über den schlimmsten politischen Skandal seit Watergate an - ein tödliches Dokument.

For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry. But it had a darker side. It was also notorious for corruption and vice, everything from gambling, prostitution, bootleg liquor, drugs...even contract killings. The vice was controlled by a small cabal of mobsters, many of them rumoured to be members of the Dixie Mafia.

Un senador ha muerto, y Mark Sway, un chico de once años, es el único que sabe dónde está escondido el cadáver. En el FBI quieren que revele el paradero a toda costa, sea cual sea el perjuicio para Mark y su familia. Y el asesino quiere que mantenga la boca cerrada para siempre.

En una abarrotada sala de un tribunal del estado de Mississippi el jurado pronuncia un veredicto totalmente inesperado: declara culpable a una empresa química por realizar vertidos tóxicos en el sistema de conducción de agua potable de la ciudad, lo que ha provocado la incidencia de cáncer más alta de la historia. La empresa apela al Tribunal Supremo del estado, cuyos nueve jueces deberán confirmar o revocar el veredicto. Carl Trudeau, el propietario de la empresa, no confía en que emita un fallo favorable para él e investiga a cada juez.

With fourteen years left on a twenty-year sentence, notorious Washington powerbroker Joel Blackman receives a surprise pardon from a lame duck President. He is smuggled out of the country on a military cargo plane, given a new identity, and tucked away in a small town in Italy. But Backman has serious enemies from his past. As the CIA watches him closely, the question is not whether he will be killed, but rather who will kill him first.

Als Luther und Nora Krank zum ersten Mal seit zwanzig Jahren ein kinderloses Weihnachtsfest auf sich zukommen sehen, beschließen sie, mit den gesellschaftlichen Konventionen zu brechen und das Fest erstmals ausfallen zu lassen. Obwohl deshalb allerorts geächtet, halten sie eisern durch. Bis am Morgen des 24. Dezember ihrer Tochter anruft und verkündet, sie komme wider Erwarten mit ihrem neuen Verlobten Enrique aus Peru angereist. Ein organisatorischer Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt.

Travis Boyette es un asesino. En 1998, en una pequeña ciudad de Texas, raptó, violó y estranguló a una de las chicas más guapas y más populares del instituto. Enterró el cadáver en un lugar donde nadie lo encontraría nunca y luego esperó. Observó impasible mientras la policía detenía a Donté Drumm, la estrella del equipo de fútbol que nada había tenido que ver con el crimen. Donté fue acusado, declarado culpable y condenado a muerte.

New York, 2008. La carrière de Samantha Kofer dans un grand cabinet d'avocats de Wall Street est sur des rails dorés... Mais la récession frappe. La jeune femme se retrouve congédiée du jour au lendemain. Samantha a toutefois de la chance dans son malheur : si elle accepte de travailler gratuitement pendant un an dans un centre d'aide juridique, elle pourra peut-être réintégrer sa place. En quelques jours, Samantha quitte Manhattan pour s'installer à Brady, en Virginie, une petite ville minière.

Em 1971, Ron Williamson tinha uma carreira promissora como atleta. Seis anos depois, estava de volta com os sonhos destruídos por um braço lesionado. Em 1982, uma garçonete chamada Debra Sue Carter foi estuprada e assassinada brutalmente. Por cinco anos o crime ficou sem solução, até que uma frágil evidência apontou a investigação na direção de Ron. A partir daí o herói fracassado foi perseguido, acusado, julgado e condenado à morte. O processo não só acabou de arruinar a vida já despedaçada de um homem, como permitiu que o verdadeiro assassino ficasse impune.

Rudy Baker's world collapses when the law firm he was due to join is taken over. Suddenly, just before his bar examination, he is without employment and up to his neck in debt. His whole future hinges on his only two prospective clients.

Connue pour sa station balnéaire, ses plages et ses fruits de mer, Biloxi a un côté plus sombre, entre corruption et débauche, allant des jeux d’argent aux tueurs à gages en passant par la prostitution, l’alcool de contrebande puis la drogue. Nés dans des familles croates, Keith Rudy et Hugh Malco grandissent à Biloxi dans les années 1960, ils sont très amis et les vedettes de la Little League de baseball. À l’adolescence, leurs vies prennent des tournures différentes.

El señor Atlee, un hombre mayor y muy enfermo, vive solo en la casa familiar de Clanton, Mississippi. Había sido un juez temido y apreciado que había estado por encima de la ley y la política local durante cuarenta años. Ahora casi se ha vuelto un recluso. Al ver de cerca su fin, el juez Atlee manda llamar a su hijo Ray, un profesor de Derecho en la Universidad de Virginia, para acordar los detalles de la herencia.

Clay Carter lleva así demasiado tiempo y, como la mayoría de sus colegas, sueña con un puesto mejor en un bufete de verdad. Cuando acepta, sin muchas ganas, el caso de un hombre joven al que acusan de un tiroteo callejero con víctimas, asume que simplemente es uno más de los tantos asesinatos absurdos que se cometen en Washington D.C. cada semana. Mientras investiga el pasado de su cliente, Clay destapa una conspiración demasiado horrible para ser cierta. De repente se encuentra en medio de un complejo caso contra una de las mayores compañías farmacéuticas del mundo.

In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later, and approaching 40, she is tired of her work for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct and ready for a change. Then she meets a mysterious woman who is so frightened she uses a number of aliases. Jeri Crosby's father was murdered 20 years earlier in a case that remains unsolved and that has grown stone cold.

Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In a championship game, to the surprise and dismay of everyone, Rick actually got into the game and then provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. Overnight, he became a national laughingstock and, of course, was immediately cut by the Browns and shunned by all other teams. But against enormous odds, Arnie finally locates another team that will have him: the mighty Panthers of Parma, Italy.

Der elfjährige aufgeweckte Mark beobachtet in der Waldeinsamkeit den Selbstmordversuch eines Mannes. Er will eingreifen aber es ist zu spät. Der Mann, ein New Yorker Mafia-Anwalt, stirbt, nachdem er ein Geheimnis losgeworden ist: Er nennt den Ort, an dem ein ermordeter Senator vergraben liegt, dessen mutmaßlicher Mörder vor Gericht steht. Mark gerät in eine Zwickmühle: FBI und Staatsanwaltschaft setzen ihn unter Druck, damit er auspackt. Die Mafia ihrerseits versucht mit allen Mitteln, ihn am Reden zu hindern.

Theodore Boone, young lawyer, has had a lot to deal with in his 13 years, everything from kidnapping to murder. But he's come through it all and, with the law on his side, justice has always prevailed. Sometimes, though, the law doesn't seem so just. His friend Hardie Quinn is about to have his family home bulldozed to make way for a bypass. Hardie is not the only one affected: other homes, businesses, and schools lie in the path of the road. Theo has to tell his friend the bad news: For once, the law isn't on his side, and there's very little anyone can do to end the destruction.

Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded shops, 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 altogether. Theirs will be the only house on the street without a rooftop Frosty the Snowman; they won't be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash; they aren't even going to have a tree. They won't need one, because come December 25 they're setting sail on a Caribbean cruise.