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Short Story: “Casino” by John Grisham
Genre: Thriller A short story included in John Grisham’s book: “Ford County: Stories” Bobby Carl Leach is Clanton’s most successful near-do-well. He has built his empire on small businesses, multiple housing units, a tractor supply company, trucks, and real estate. When his gambling debts mounted, one or more of his places mysteriously burned to the […]
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Book Review: “A Time for Mercy” by John Grisham
Five years after Jake Brigance defended Carl Lee in “A Time to Kill” and 2 years after Jake successfully upheld a holographoic will in “Sycamore Row”, Jake’s law practice is still struggling. Luckily, Jake hired Portia Lang as his assistant, but, she will be attending law school soon and Jake will lose her for a […]
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Book Review: “Camino Winds” by John Grisham
Genre: Thriller Three years after “Camino Island”, Mercer Mann has finished her book, “Tessa”, and it is now on the bestseller list. Bruce Cable, owner of Bay Books, is planning a huge party in honor of Mercer’s success, and everyone is invited! Hurricane Leo is wandering the Atlantic playing games with the weather forecasters. When […]
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“Camino Island” by John Grisham
Genre: Thriller Mark, Denny, Trey, Jerry, and Ahmed planned the “perfect” crime. Together, they planned, and executed, the nearly perfect heist of several of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s original handwritten manuscripts, including “The Great Gatsby”, from the Firestone Library at Princeton University. Each manuscript will be worth millions, and Mark, Denny, Trey, Jerry, and Ahmed are […]
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“The Rooster Bar” by John Grisham
Mark, Todd, Gordy, and Zola are best friends entering their last semester at Foggy Bottom Law School in Washington, D.C. Mired in debt, the four friends decide to start their law practice early…..death and intrigue follow[….]
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“Partners” by John Grisham
Genre: Thriller (Short Story) 33 year old Tee Ray has been laid off from his job and is now living with his 14 year old son, Jameel, in a tent on his friend’s back porch. There are not many opportunities in Little Angola, and many of the underemployed end up selling, delivering, or taking drugs. […]
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“The Whistler” by John Grisham
Genre: Thriller In 2010, seventeen years after the events in “Witness to a Trial” an informant is filing a complaint with the Florida Board of Judicial Conduct (BJC) against Judge Claudia McDover. Judge McDover, the informant claims, was in bed with the Catfish Mafia in 1993 to get a casino built on Indian lands (and […]
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“Witness to a Trial” by John Grisham
Genre: Thriller A naked man and woman were found murdered in a bedroom in Brunswick County, Florida about two miles from the Tappacola Reservation. Both victims were shot in the head. On trial for the murder is Tappacola Indian, Junior Mace, the woman’s husband, and best friend of the murdered man, Son Razko. The Judge […]
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“Rogue Lawyer” by John Grisham
Genre: Thriller Sebastian Rudd is a criminal defense attorney. Is he part of a large law firm with fancy offices and high hourly rates? Nope. Rudd’s office is a fully decked-out van and his paralegal / driver / bodyguard is an ex-con named, Partner. Rudd is rude, crude, and divorced from a venomous attorney (Judith) […]
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“Sycamore Row” by John Grisham
Genre: Legal Thriller (After 25 years, Jake Brigance returns) “A Time to Kill” was John Grisham’s first book. But it was a less than a stellar introduction and did not become a hit until after “The Firm”, “The Pelican Brief”, “The Client”….etc. became huge. A movie was made based on “A Time to Kill”, which […]
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