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Theodore Boone - teenage lawyer and courtroom hero - is on a class trip seeing the sights of the capital city. But he hadn't counted on seeing the most wanted man in the history of his home town, Strattenberg.Suddenly Theo is caught in the hunt for an accused murderer, alongside the FBI. Theo knows he's getting in deep - and things could become even more dangerous. Because if this case goes back to court, it will be down to him.Will justice finally be done...or will the killer's criminal allies be out for revenge?

El narrador favorito de Estados Unidos, maestro delthriller legal, sorprende con una novela valiente, aguda y fascinante, protagonizada por un personaje sin igual.No va a permitir que la verdad se interponga en el camino de la justicia...Sebastian Rudd no es el tipico abogado: lleva arma y su oficina es una camioneta a prueba de balas conducida por su guardaespaldas, que a su vez es su asistente legal y unico amigo. Defiende a quienes otros no querrian ni ver: un drogadicto, un chico tatuado que supuestamente forma parte de un culto satanico acusado de acosar y matar a dos niñas pequeñas, un criminal en el corredor de la muerte, un hombre arrestado por disparar a unos geo al entrar por error en su casa... ¿Por que estos clientes?Porque cree que todo el mundo tiene derecho a un juicio justo, incluso aunque el tenga que hacer trampa para conseguirlo. Odia la injusticia, no le gustan las aseguradoras, los bancos o las grandes empresas, desconfia de cualquier persona que tenga que ver con el Gobierno y se rie de las nociones del sistema judicial sobre comportamiento etico.La critica ha dicho...Espectacular.The Washington PostEl mejor autor vivo dethriller.Ken FollettGrishamha dado un paso adelante en una nueva direccion en el terreno de la intriga.Janet Maslin,The New York TimesLa obra de Grisham (siempre el mejor entretenimiento posible) evolucionahacia algo mas serio, con mas fuerza, mas digno de su extraordinario talento.Patrick Anderson,The Washington PostSebastianRudd es como un Philip Marlowe del siglo XXI con una voz directa, tosca, aspera, pedante a la vez que poetica.Benjamin Percy,The New York Times Book ReviewFantastico, ingenioso... Grisham todavia consigue que parezca facil.Maureen Corrigan,The Washington PostCautivador y entretenido. Grisham encuentra el drama en las pequeñas escaramuzas que tienen lugar en nuestro sistema legal cada dia.Charles Finch,USA Today

Three sparkling Grisham stories for the price of one . . . Appealing entertainment' IRISH INDEPENDENTThree thrilling stories of the law from the master of the legal thriller.Homecoming takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham's unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he's not in the courtroom. He's called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a former lawyer in Clanton who three years earlier became a local legend when he stole some money from his clients, divorced his wife, filed for bankruptcy, and left his family in the middle of the night, never to be heard from again. Until now. Now Mack is back and he's leaning on his old pals, Jake and Harry Rex, to help him return. His homecoming does not go as planned.In Strawberry Moon, we meet Cody Wallace, a young death row inmate only three hours away from execution. His lawyers can't save him, the courts slam the door, and the Governor says no to a last minute request for clemency. As the clock ticks down, Cody has only one final request.

Lacy Stoltz hat als Anwaltin bei der Gerichtsaufsichtsbehorde in Florida schon viele Falle von Korruption erlebt. Seit sie einer Richterin, die Millionen abkassiert hat, das Handwerk legte, ist sie sogar zu gewisser Beruhmtheit gelangt. Doch nun wird sie mit einem Fall konfrontiert, der jenseits des Vorstellbaren liegt: Denn der Richter, gegen den sie ermittelt, nimmt anscheinend keine Bestechungsgelder von Leuten. Er nimmt ihnen das Leben.

Un ex avvocato in fuga, un condannato a morte a un passo dalla fine e due fratelli rivali eredi di un famoso studio legale sono i protagonisti di tre storie tra le migliori che John Grisham abbia mai raccontato, riunite in questa che e la sua prima raccolta di novelle in cui si alternano con efficacia suspense, emozione e divertimento. In Ritorno a casa, l'avvocato Jake Brigance gia protagonista de Il momento di uccidere, L'ombra del sicomoro e Il tempo della clemenza viene contattato da un vecchio amico, Mack Stafford, ex collega a Clanton, che chiede il suo aiuto. Tre anni prima Mack e fuggito dalla Ford County senza lasciare tracce con i soldi dei suoi clienti dopo aver dichiarato fallimento e divorziato dalla moglie, abbandonando le sue due figlie. Ora desidera ritornare a casa, ma le cose non vanno come aveva previsto. In Luna di fragola, Cody Wallace, un condannato a morte di soli ventinove anni, di cui quattordici passati nel braccio della morte, e in attesa della sua esecuzione. Mancano soltanto tre ore, il suo avvocato non puo salvarlo e la richiesta di clemenza non viene accolta dal governatore. Mentre il tempo sta per scadere Cody riceve una visita inaspettata ed esprime un ultimo, straziante desiderio. Gli avversari sono i due fratelli Kirk e Rusty Malloy, avvocati di successo che hanno ereditato un importante e prosperoso studio legale fondato dal padre, da tempo in prigione per aver ucciso la moglie. Kirk e Rusty si detestano e si parlano solo quando e strettamente necessario e, pur condividendo l'ufficio, fanno di tutto per evitarsi. Gli affari iniziano ad andare male e tutto il peso ricade su Diantha Bradshaw, l'unica persona di cui i due soci si fidano. Diantha deve decidere se salvarli o, per la prima volta nella sua carriera, salvare se stessa.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - John Grisham has a new hero ... and she's full of surprises.The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer's career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track--until the recession hits and she is downsized, furloughed, and escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, all for a slim chance of getting rehired.In a matter of days Samantha moves from Manhattan to Brady, Virginia, population 2,200, in the heart of Appalachia, a part of the world she has only read about. Samantha's new job takes her into the murky and dangerous world of coal mining, where laws are often broken, communities are divided, and the land itself is under attack. But some of the locals aren't so thrilled to have a big-city lawyer in town, and within weeks Samantha is engulfed in litigation that turns deadly. Because like most small towns, Brady harbors big secrets that some will kill to conceal.

Le jour où Bruce Cable, libraire, fête le retour de Mercer Mann venue présenter son best-seller, le cyclone Leo change de trajectoire et fond sur l'île de Camino. La tornade est dévastatrice. L'une d

A Seabrook, petite ville de Floride, le jeune avocat Keith Russo est tué à coups de fusil alors qu'il travaille un soir dans son bureau. L'assassin n'a laissé aucun indice. Aucun témoin, aucun mobile

This is the multi-million copy bestselling thriller that introduced Jake Brigance to Clanton...and has now inspired a sequel, Sycamore Row. When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the hoodlums who have raped his ten-year-old daughter, the people of Clanton see it as a crime of blood and call for his acquittal. But when extremists outside Clanton hear that a black man has killed two white men, they invade the town, determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes their sense of justice. Jake Brigance has been hired to defend Hailey. It's the kind of case that can make or break a young lawyer. But in the maelstrom of Clanton, it is also the kind of case that could get a young lawyer killed.

El narrador favorito de Estados Unidos, maestro delthriller legal, sorprende con una novela valiente, aguda y fascinante, protagonizada por un personaje sin igual.No va a permitir que la verdad se interponga en el camino de la justicia...Sebastian Rudd no es el tipico abogado: lleva arma y su oficina es una camioneta a prueba de balas conducida por su guardaespaldas, que a su vez es su asistente legal y unico amigo. Defiende a quienes otros no querrian ni ver: un drogadicto, un chico tatuado que supuestamente forma parte de un culto satanico acusado de acosar y matar a dos niñas pequeñas, un criminal en el corredor de la muerte, un hombre arrestado por disparar a unos geo al entrar por error en su casa... ¿Por que estos clientes?Porque cree que todo el mundo tiene derecho a un juicio justo, incluso aunque el tenga que hacer trampa para conseguirlo. Odia la injusticia, no le gustan las aseguradoras, los bancos o las grandes empresas, desconfia de cualquier persona que tenga que ver con el Gobierno y se rie de las nociones del sistema judicial sobre comportamiento etico.La critica ha dicho...Espectacular.The Washington PostEl mejor autor vivo dethriller.Ken FollettGrisham ha dado un paso adelante en una nueva direccion en el terreno de la intriga.Janet Maslin,The New York TimesLa obra de Grisham (siempre el mejor entretenimiento posible) evoluciona hacia algo mas serio, con mas fuerza, mas digno de su extraordinario talento.Patrick Anderson,The Washington PostSebastian Rudd es como un Philip Marlowe del siglo XXI con una voz directa, tosca, aspera, pedante a la vez que poetica.Benjamin Percy,The New York Times Book ReviewFantastico, ingenioso... Grisham todavia consigue que parezca facil.Maureen Corrigan,The Washington PostCautivador y entretenido. Grisham encuentra el drama en las pequeñas escaramuzas que tienen lugar en nuestro sistema legal cada dia.Charles Finch,USA Today

Worldwide bestseller and master of the legal thriller John Grisham will keep you on the edge of your seat with his most suspenseful thriller yet.Praise for John Grisham:'A superb, instinctive storyteller' The Times'A giant of the thriller genre' Time Out'John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers' Telegraph'No one does it better than Grisham' Daily Telegraph

A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a vault deep below Princeton University's Firestone Library. Their loot is priceless, impossible to resist.Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he occasionally dabbles in unsavory ventures.Mercer Mann is a young novelist with a severe case of writer's block who has recently been laid off from her teaching position. She is approached by an elegant, mysterious woman working for an even more mysterious company. A generous monetary offer convinces Mercer to go undercover and infiltrate Cable's circle of literary friends, to get close to the ringleader, to discover his secrets.But soon Mercer learns far too much, and there's trouble in paradise—as only John Grisham can deliver it.

A new Grisham legal thriller is always an event, but this one is exceptional as the author is returning to Jake Brigance, the hero of his very first book, A Time To Kill . . . There is a lot of Grisham in Brigance - they were both street lawyers on the side of the people, not big corporations. It gives the book an emotional core that burns with a white heat' - Daily Mail

Jeune avocat de Seabrook, Keith Russo est tué dans son bureau, d'un coup de fusil. Aucun indice, ni témoin ni mobile pour aiguiller les enquêteurs. Pourtant, un ancien client de l'homme de loi, Quinc