Following on from the successful first edition of Theodore Boone, John Grisham delivers high intensity legal drama for a new generation of readers.Following on from John Grisham's first massively successful foray into the children's market, Theodore Boone and the abduction will once more feature his loveable, know-it-all young lawyer solving another tricky legal case in his native Strattenburg.
La coppia di avvocati Wes e Mary Grace Payton ha puntato tutto sulla causa legale intentata dalla vedova Baker, cittadina di Bowmore, Mississippi, contro la Krane Chemical, colpevole di avere avvelenato la falda acquifera del paese e di avere causato decine di morti per cancro. Per quella causa gli avvocati Payton hanno rifiutato clienti, venduto la casa e le belle automobili, rinunciando a uno stile di vita che era sempre sembrato del tutto connaturato alla professione. Il primo grado del processo si conclude con una sentenza a favore della vedova, ma Carl Trudeau, azionista di maggioranza della Krane, non è uomo da arrendersi facilmente. Sa che tutto si gioca in corte d'appello. E se gli avvocati non bastano, basta mettere sul libro paga anche giudici e politici...
Worldwide bestseller John Grisham will keep you on the edge of your seat with his most suspenseful thriller yet.Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of the USA only four active federal judges have been murdered.Judge Raymond Fawcett just became number five. His body was found in the small basement of a lakeside cabin he had built himself and frequently used on weekends. When he did not show up for a trial on Monday morning, his law clerks panicked, called the FBI, and in due course the agents found the crime scene. There was no forced entry, no struggle, just two dead bodies - Judge Fawcett and his young secretary.I did not know Judge Fawcett, but I know who killed him, and why. I am a lawyer, and I am in prison. It's a long story.
An unforgettable novel about childhood, family, conflict and guilt, and how a lifetime of tragedy might finally be forgiven. Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father, Warren, a pitcher for the New York Mets, clash with his childhood hero, the Cubs' golden-boy Joe Castle, in a contest from which no winners emerged. Now the news that his father is dying brings the memory of that day flooding back. Deciding that it's time to face up to what really happened on that baseball field in 1973, father and son make their way to Calico Rock, Arkansas, where either redemption or rejection awaits them.
Theodore Boone is the thirteen year old who knows more about the law than most adult lawyers. He certainly never expected to be the victim of crime himself. But then his bike is vandalised, he's attacked while doing his homework and, worst of all, framed for a robbery. When stolen computer equipment turns up in Theo's school locker, the police start leaning on him hard. And he is the only suspect. What if he is found guilty? What about his dreams of becoming a lawyer? In a race against time, aided by his renegade uncle, Ike, Theo must find the real felon and reveal the true motivation behind the crimes of which he stands accused.
Ein Geständnis in letzter Sekunde steht am Anfang von John Grishams großem Roman. Travis Boyette, ein rechtskräftig verurteilter Sexualstraftäter, der mehr als sein halbes Leben hinter Gittern verbracht hat, gesteht einen Mord, für den ein anderer verurteilt wurde: Donté Drumm. Dieser sitzt seit acht Jahren in der Todeszelle und soll in genau vier Tagen hingerichtet werden. Ein verzweifelter Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt.
John Grisham delivers high intensity legal drama for a new generation of readers in the fourth novel in his bestselling Theodore Boone series. Though he's only thirteen, Theodore Boone has spent more time in the courtroom than almost anywhere else, and there's always a new adventure waiting. After having been falsely accused of vandalism and theft, Theo is happy to finally be out of the hot seat, once more dispensing legal advice to friends and community members, when an exciting new case demands his urgent attention.
