The Appeal: John Grisham

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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. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions—a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens of lives. Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane, given a new name, a new identity, and a new home in Italy. Mickey’ is the only film in the list not based on John Grisham’s novel, but a script conceived by him.

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She was tired of everything—the exhaustion, the stress, the sleepless nights, the scrutiny, the time away from her children, their run–down apartment, the mountain of unpaid bills, the neglected clients, the cold Chinese food at midnight, the challenge of doing her face and hair every morning so she could be somewhat attractive in front of the jury.We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to punish those who do wrong, and to oversee the flow of justice.

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High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Now you may think this is a good thing - leave it in the hands of the voter to decide who should make judicial rulings. It was so dead-on that when i bought the hardcover (used) there were zero quotes or blurbs on the book talking about how great it was. Krane Chemical had plenty of cash and profits and assets, but it also had hundreds of potential plaintiffs waiting like vultures to hear what the world was about to hear. Rocha, behind red-framed reading glasses, gave the quickest, prettiest, most sensational wink Mary Grace would ever receive.Going back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill, Grisham brings the Graneys and their world to vivid and colorful life, making it abundantly clear why he is our most popular storyteller. But just when it seems as if his life has calmed down and gone back to the status quo, a new legal mystery comes to town, and this time it's personal. Only a minority of states elect judges directly, a controversial system virtually unknown outside the United States. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption.

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A paralegal picked up the phone, listened for a few seconds, hung up, then shouted, “The jury has a verdict! When an anonymous tip leads the school board to investigate a suspicious increase in scores at another local middle school, Theo finds himself thrust in the middle of a cheating scandal. And as young Luke watches the world around him, he unravels secrets that could shatter lives — and change his family and his town forever.

Cayhall has run out of chances—except for one: a determined lawyer who just happens to be his grandson.

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It also goes over the importance to the average citizen of being able to sue for malpractice or damages from defective or unsafe products. The “Sparring Partners” are the Malloy brothers, Kirk and Rusty, two successful young lawyers who inherited a once prosperous firm when its founder, their father, was sent to prison. The author's contempt for the soulless super-rich, previously evident in The King of Torts, does produce some telling satirical moments. In a slow, loud voice, Judge Harrison read: “Question number one: ‘Do you find, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the groundwater at issue was contaminated by Krane Chemical Corporation? On February 2, 2002, Stephen King, Pat Conroy, John Grisham and Peter Straub gathered at New York's Town Hall for a very special evening.But as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences—and isn’t half as easy as they’d imagined. I found it a couple of weeks back and gave it to my son to do something with it for Halloween up at his university. He stuck his feet into his old penny loafers, jumped from the chair grinning like a little boy, and reached for his robe. Completely gripping, frequently moving and always entertaining, Ford County brims with the same page-turning quality and heart-stopping drama of his previous bestsellers.