John Grisham

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Compelling . . . another timely tale from John Grisham. The Street Lawyer] shows not only that Grisham has his finger on the public pulse but that he's also out to prick its conscience."--Chicago Tribune Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D. C. law firm with eight hundred lawyers. The money was good and getting better; a partnership was no more than three years away. He was a rising star with no time to waste, no time to stop, no time to toss a few coins into the cups of panhandlers. No time for a conscience. Then a violent encounter with a homeless man stopped him cold. Michael survived, but his assailant did not. Who was this man? Michael did some digging and learned that his attacker was a mentally ill veteran who'd been in and out of shelters for many years. Then Michael dug a little deeper and found a dirty secret, and the secret involved Drake & Sweeney. The fast track derailed, the ladder collapsed. Michael bolted the firm and took a top-secret file with him. He landed in the streets, an advocate for the homeless, a street lawyer. And a thief.

Michael Brock is in a hurry. He's in the fast lane at Drake and Sweeney, a giant Washington law firm. He's a rising star, with no time to waste, no time to toss a few coins into the hands of beggars. No time for a conscience. But a chance violent encounter with a homeless man stops him cold.

In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake begins routinely, then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely, and at least one juror is convinced he's being watched. Soon they have to be sequestered.

Kyle vokser opp med en far som er småbyadvokat. Han tar glimrende eksamener i sine jusstudier og har alle muligheter foran seg. Men Kyle har en mørk hemmelighet som faller i urette hender, og han er nødt til å ta en jobb han ikke ønsker - selv om det er en jobb andre misunner ham. Han blir medeier i et av verdens mektigste advokatfirmaer, men foruten jussen blir han forventet å skulle lyve, stjele og ta del i opplegg som kan sende ham i fengsel, eller enda verre, bli drept. Romanen inneholder alle ingredienser som har gjort Grisham til en av verdens mest populære historiefortellere.

Enken etter en tobakksfabrikkarbeider som døde av lungekreft, saksøker tobakksfirmaet for å ha forårsaket hennes manns død. Mississippi er staten der den epokegjørende rettssaken finner sted. Milliarder av dollar står på spill, og USAs samlede tobakksindustri skjelver. Juryen blir omhyggelig utvalgt, men et av jurymedlemmene begynner etter hvert å oppføre seg mistenkelig.

Den uerfarne, men entusiastiske jusstudenten Rudy Baylor får sin første sak. I rettsalen møtes han av et meget erfarent advokatteam i stjerneklassen, og han skjønner at han har tatt seg vann over hodet. Det Rudy først trodde var et ubetydelig spørsmål, eksploderer i en krig der penger og posisjoner står på spill. Saken kan koste Rudy livet, eller gjøre ham til den største regnmakeren i historien...

Det er hektisk aktivitet både i og utenfor Parchman-fengselet. Innenfor, på dødsgangen, råder en opphisset stemning blant de dødsdømte fangene - som alltid før en henrettelse. Sam Cayhall skal snart forlate dødsgangen etter ti års venting. Han er dømt for å stå bak bombeattentatet som kostet to små, jødiske gutter livet og gjorde deres far invalid. Utenfor har en flokk demonstranter samlet seg for å protestere mot dødsstraffen. Likeledes har Sams tidligere kampfeller - Ku Klux Klan - møtt mannsterke fram. Og pressen. Også en hærskare journalister skal for enhver pris ha med seg hvert sekund av dette dødsdramaet. Bare Sam er rolig. I ti år på dødsgangen har han ventet på dette - de siste timene i sitt liv. Og nå er øyeblikket tilsynelatende kommet .. Men Sams unge advokat, Adam Hall, har ikke gitt opp. Han er innbitt motstander av dødsstraff, men har også en annen og langt viktigere grunn til å kjempe for at dødsøyeblikket aldri skal komme.

"The Confession is the kind of grab-a-reader-by-the-shoulders suspense story that demands to be inhaled as quickly as possible. But it's also a superb work of social criticism in the literary troublemaker tradition of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle.... Brilliant"--Washington Post "Grisham is the master of the legal thriller."--USA Today An innocent man is about to be executed. Only a guilty man can save him. For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn’t understand how the police and prosecutors got the wrong man, and he certainly doesn’t care. He just can’t believe his good luck. Time passes and he realizes that the mistake will not be corrected: the authorities believe in their case and are determined to get a conviction. He may even watch the trial of the person wrongly accused of his crime. He is relieved when the verdict is guilty. He laughs when the police and prosecutors congratulate themselves. He is content to allow an innocent person to go to prison, to serve hard time, even to be executed. Travis Boyette is such a man. In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, he abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched in amazement as police and prosecutors arrested and convicted Donté Drumm, a local football star, and marched him off to death row. Now nine years have passed. Travis has just been paroled in Kansas for a different crime; Donté is four days away from his execution. Travis suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. For the first time in his miserable life, he decides to do what’s right and confess. But how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges, and politicians that they’re about to execute an innocent man?

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this classic tale for modern times, beloved storyteller John Grisham offers a hilarious look at the chaos and frenzy that have become part of our holiday tradition. The inspiration for the film Christmas with the Kranks, starring Tim Allen and Jamie Lee CurtisImagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a rooftop Frosty, they won't be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash, they aren't even going to have a tree. They won't need one, because come December 25 they're setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences--and isn't half as easy as they'd imagined.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this classic tale for modern times, beloved storyteller John Grisham offers a hilarious look at the chaos and frenzy that have become part of our holiday tradition. The inspiration for the film Christmas with the Kranks, starring Tim Allen and Jamie Lee CurtisImagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a rooftop Frosty, they won't be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash, they aren't even going to have a tree. They won't need one, because come December 25 they're setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences--and isn't half as easy as they'd imagined.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In his first collection of short stories John Grisham takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill. This riveting collection of short stories features an unforgettable cast of characters: Wheelchair-bound Inez Graney and her two older sons embark on a bizarre road trip through the Mississippi Delta to visit Inez's youngest son, Raymond--on death row. A hard-drinking, low-grossing divorce lawyer fed up with his wife, his life, and the law plans a drastic escape after an unexpected phone call. A quiet, unassuming data collector sets out to bring down a flashy casino owner with his skill at blackjack--as payback for the theft of his wife. A stalker hunts victims in a retirement home, a lawyer confronts a vengeful adversary from the past, and a young man from a prominent family is driven off by scandal and fear--but finds unexpected redemption on the wrong side of the tracks. Often hilarious, frequently moving, and always entertaining, this collection makes it abundantly clear why John Grisham is our most popular storyteller.

En sen oktobernatt blir den liberale 91 år gamle høyesterettsdommeren Abraham Rosenberg skutt og drept i sitt hjem. To timer senere blir en yngre kollega, den mer moderate Glenn Jensen, funnet kvalt i et kinolokale av tvilsom karakter, muligens av samme gjerningsmann. Men FBI står uten spor, og det er vanskelig å se noen forbindelse mellom de to drapene. Jusstudenten Darby Shaw fatter interesse for saken og begynner å grave i gamle rettsdokumenter. Ved et tilfelle snubler hun borti en mystisk sak som knytter de to dommerne til hverandre. Hun skriver en rapport – Pelikan-rapporten – der hun navngir den mistenkte, som har kontakter helt til topps og derfor kan lese rapporten. Nå svever Darby i livsfare. Hun går under jorden med ett mål for øyet: Hun må overleve, slik at hun kan avsløre den skremmende sannheten.

Kolmen nuoren verenluovutusreissu Memphisiin mutkistuu strippibaarien alkaessa houkutella kaljanhuuruisia matkalaisia... Kasinon perustaminen intiaanireservaattiin tekee avioliitossaan jätetystä nuhjakkeesta hetkeksi paikallisen sankarin... Lakimies Stanley Wade päätyy uransa väkivaltaisimpaan sopimukseen kohdatessaan vuosia sitten oikeudessa voittamansa jutun hävinneet osapuolet... Etelän lait on täynnä unohtumattomia ihmiskohtaloita, sydämensä särkeneitä onnenonkijoita, joiden on hankala pysytellä kaidalla polulla. Kertomukset sijoittuvat syvään etelään, Mississippin Clantoniin, joka on tuttua seutua jo Grishamin esikoisteoksesta On aika tappaa (suom. 1994).

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The classic legal thriller that inspired the blockbuster film starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington "There is a propulsiveness to Grisham's] narrative that keeps the pages turning briskly."--People In suburban Georgetown, a killer's Reeboks whisper on the floor of a posh home. In a seedy D. C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted to death. The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And in New Orleans a young law student prepares a legal brief. . . . To Darby Shaw it was no more than a legal shot in the dark, a brilliant guess. To the Washington establishment it was political dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder--a murder intended for her. Going underground, she finds there is only one person she can trust--an ambitious reporter after a newsbreak hotter than Watergate--to help her piece together the deadly puzzle. Somewhere between the bayous of Louisiana and the White House's inner sanctums, a violent cover-up is being engineered. For someone has read Darby's brief. Someone who will stop at nothing to destroy the evidence of an unthinkable crime.

Kyle McAvoy posee una mente legal excepcional. Atractivo y afable, tiene un futuro brillante. A su vez, tambi n posee un oscuro secreto que le podr a destruir sus sue os, su carrera y hasta su vida. Una noche ese secreto lo alcanza. Los hombres que acosan a Kyle tienen un video comprometedor que utilizar n para arruinarlo --a menos que l haga exactamente lo que ellos piden. Lo que le ofrecen a Kyle es algo que cualquier abogado joven y ambicioso matar a por obtener: un trabajo en Manhattan como abogado junior de uno de los mayores y m s prestigiosos bufetes del mundo. Si Kyle acepta, estar r pidamente encaminado hacia socio y una gran fortuna. Pero hay un peque o inconveniente. Kyle no estar trabajando para el bufete, sino en su contra en una disputa entre dos poderosas empresas multimillonarias suministradoras del departamento de defensa de Estados Unidos. Ahora Kyle se encuentra entre las fuerzas criminales que lo manipulan con esta deleitable oferta, el FBI y su propio bufete, en un complot maligno del cual ni Kyle --con su inteligencia, ingenio y valor-- podr a escapar vivo. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Kyle McAvoy possesses an outstanding legal mind. Good-looking and affable, he has a glittering future. He also has a dark secret that could destroy his dreams, his career, even his life. One night that secret catches up with him. The men who accost Kyle have a compromising video they'll use to ruin him--unless he does exactly what they say. What they offer Kyle is something any ambitious young lawyer would kill for: a job in Manhattan as an associate at the world's largest law firm. If Kyle accepts, he'll be on the fast track to partnership and a fortune. But there's a catch. Kyle won't be working for the firm but against it in a dispute between two powerful defense contractors worth billions. Now Kyle is caught between the criminal forces manipulating him, the FBI, and his own law firm--in a malignant conspiracy not even Kyle, with all his intellect, cunning, and bravery, may be able to escape alive.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - In his first collection of short stories John Grisham takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill. Wheelchair-bound Inez Graney and her two older sons, Leon and Butch, take a bizarre road trip through the Mississippi Delta to visit the youngest Graney brother, Raymond, who's been locked away on death row for eleven years. It could well be their last visit. Mack Stafford, a hard-drinking and low-grossing run-of-the-mill divorce lawyer gets a miracle phone call with a completely unexpected offer to settle some old, forgotten cases for more money than he has ever seen. Mack is suddenly bored with the law, fed up with his wife and his life, and makes drastic plans to finally escape. Quiet, dull Sidney, a data collector for an insurance company, perfects his blackjack skills in hopes of bringing down the casino empire of Clanton's most ambitious hustler, Bobby Carl Leach, who, among other crimes, has stolen Sidney's wife. Three good ol' boys from rural Ford County begin a journey to the big city of Memphis to give blood to a grievously injured friend. However, they are unable to drive past a beer store as the trip takes longer and longer. The journey comes to an abrupt end when they make a fateful stop at a Memphis strip club. The Quiet Haven Retirement Home is the final stop for the elderly of Clanton. It's a sad, languid place with little controversy, until Gilbert arrives. Posing as a lowly paid bedpan boy, he is in reality a brilliant stalker with an uncanny ability to sniff out the assets of those "seniors" he professes to love. One of the hazards of litigating against people in a small town is that one day, long after the trial, you will probably come face-to-face with someone you've beaten in a lawsuit. Lawyer Stanley Wade bumps into an old adversary, a man with a long memory, and the encounter becomes a violent ordeal. Clanton is rocked with the rumor that the gay son of a prominent family has finally come home, to die. Of AIDS. Fear permeates the town as gossip runs unabated. But in Lowtown, the colored section of Clanton, the young man finds a soul mate in his final days. Featuring a cast of characters you'll never forget, these stories bring Ford County to vivid and colorful life. Often hilarious, frequently moving, and always entertaining, this collection makes it abundantly clear why John Grisham is our most popular storyteller.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - If you thought Mitch McDeere was in trouble in The Firm, wait until you meet Kyle McAvoy, The Associate Kyle McAvoy possesses an outstanding legal mind. Good-looking and affable, he has a glittering future. He also has a dark secret that could destroy his dreams, his career, even his life. One night that secret catches up with him. The men who accost Kyle have a compromising video they'll use to ruin him--unless he does exactly what they say. What they offer Kyle is something any ambitious young lawyer would kill for: a job in Manhattan as an associate at the world's largest law firm. If Kyle accepts, he'll be on the fast track to partnership and a fortune. But there's a catch. Kyle won't be working for the firm but against it in a dispute between two powerful defense contractors worth billions. Now Kyle is caught between the criminal forces manipulating him, the FBI, and his own law firm--in a malignant conspiracy not even Kyle, with all his intellect, cunning, and bravery, may be able to escape alive.