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. […]
Troy Phelan, a 78-year-old eccentric and the 10th-richest man in America, is about to read his last will and testament, divvying up an estate worth $11 billion. Phelans three ex-wives, their grasping spawn, a legion of lawyers, several psychiatrists, and a plethora of sound technicians wait breathlessly, all eyes glued to digital monitors as they […]
Trumble, a minimum security federal prison, is home to the usual assortment of criminals- drug dealers, bank robbers, swindlers, embezzlers, tax evaders, two Wall Street crooks, one doctor, and at least four lawyers. Trumble is also home to three former judges who call themselves The Brethren: one from Texas, one from California, and one from […]
In the corridors of Chicagos 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, Mississippi State Prison: Sam Cayhall is a former Klansman and unrepentant racist now facing the death penalty […]
John Grishams five novels –?ÿA Time To Kill, The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, and?ÿThe Chamber?ÿ– have been number one best-sellers, and have a combined total of 47 million copies in print. Now, inThe Rainmaker, Grisham returns to the courtroom for the first time since?ÿA Time To Kill, and weaves a riveting tale of […]
Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs?ÿ?ÿto him. In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark tobacco?ÿ?ÿtrial with hundreds of millions of dollars at?ÿ?ÿstake beginsroutinely, then swerves mysteriously off?ÿ?ÿcourse. The jury is behaving strangely, and at?ÿ?ÿleast one juroris convinced hes being watched. Soon?ÿ?ÿthey have to be sequestered. Then a tip from an?ÿ?ÿanonymousyoung woman suggests she is […]