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"The Great Recession of 2008 left many young professionals out of work. Promising careers were suddenly ended as banks, hedge funds, and law firms engaged in mass lay-offs and brutal belt tightening. Samantha Kofer was a third year associate at Scully & Pershing, New York City's largest law firm. Two weeks after Lehman Brothers collapsed, she lost her job, her security, and her future. A week later she was working as an unpaid intern in a legal aid...
3) The brethren
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In a federal prison, three former judges who call themselves "the brethren" meet in the law library to run a rougher form of justice inside their community and make some money, but when one of their scams derails, they are forced to confront the world of their own creation.
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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A startling and original courtroom drama from New York Times #1 Best Seller John Grisham that is the prequel to his newest legal thriller, The Whistler. An Original E-Short.
A judge’s first murder trial.
A defense attorney in over his head.
A prosecutor out for blood and glory.
The accused, who is possibly innocent.
And the killer, who may have just committed the perfect crime.
Don’t miss...
A judge’s first murder trial.
A defense attorney in over his head.
A prosecutor out for blood and glory.
The accused, who is possibly innocent.
And the killer, who may have just committed the perfect crime.
Don’t miss...
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PLAZA & JANÉS
Pub. Date
2020
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Español
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Un hombre inocente fue condenado por asesinato hace veintidós años. Su abogado no parará hasta verle libre. Pero quienes le encerraron ya mataron una vez. Y están preparados para volver a hacerlo. NADIE LO CUENTA MEJOR QUE GRISHAM.
En la pequeña ciudad de Seabrook, Florida, un prometedor abogado llamado Keith Russo fue asesinado a tiros una noche mientras trabajaba hasta tarde en su despacho. El culpable no dejó pistas. No hubo testigos, nadie...
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PLAZA & JANÉS
Pub. Date
2021
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Español
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Grisham vuelve a los personajes y al escenario de El caso Fitzgerald con otra emocionante novela de misterio: la línea entre realidad y ficción se difumina cuando en una reunión de escritores de thriller uno de ellos aparece asesinado.
Bienvenidos a Camino Island, donde todo puede pasar... incluso un asesinato duranteun huracánque podría convertirse en el crimen perfecto.
Cuando el huracán Leo se desvía de su curso previsto para dirigirse hacia...
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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A riveting story of suspense from John Grisham’s #1 New York Times bestseller, Ford County—now available as a standalone eBook short
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 . . . and it could well be their last visit....
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 . . . and it could well be their last visit....
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When a federal judge and his secretary fail to appear for a scheduled trial and panicked clerks call for an FBI investigation, a harrowing murder case ensues and culminates in the imprisonment of a lawyer who imparts the story of who killed the judge and why. 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 this country only...
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Firm volume 2
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"#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm. What became of Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the crimes of Memphis law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke and fled the country? The answer is in The Exchange, the riveting sequel to The Firm, the blockbuster thriller that launched the career of...
10) El testamento
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DEBOLS!LLO
Pub. Date
2015
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Español
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Un viejo multimillonario moribundo desea evitar a toda costa que sus hijos, quienes jamás se han preocupado por él, hereden su fortuna. Frustrando los codiciosos intereses de su familia, redacta un testamento que no dejará indiferente a nadie.
Troy Phelan, un viejo multimillonario con un cáncer terminal, se encierra en su lujoso despacho para escribir su último testamento. Está furioso con sus hijos y con sus ex esposas, que llevan tiempo esperando...
11) El soborno
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PLAZA & JANÉS
Pub. Date
2017
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Español
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El juez más corrupto de la historia, la mafia y una joven investigadora con un informante secreto en el impresionante nuevo thriller del autor favorito de América: John Grisham.
«El mejor autor vivo de thriller.»
Ken Follett
Lacy Stoltz es una joven investigadora y abogada de Florida, y su trabajo consiste en responder a las demandas relacionadas con la mala praxis judicial. Tras nueve años en el puesto, sabe que la mayor parte de los problemas...
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PLAZA & JANÉS
Pub. Date
2016
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Español
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El narrador favorito de Estados Unidos, maestro del thriller 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 típico 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 único amigo. Defiende a quienes otros no...
13) Tiempo de perdón
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PLAZA & JANÉS
Pub. Date
2021
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John Grisham vuelve a sus raíces con un brillante thriller legal protagonizado por el inolvidable héroe de Tiempo de matar.
Clanton, Mississippi, 1990. Stuart Kofer, ayudante del sheriff, se considera intocable. Aunque, cuando bebe más de la cuenta, algo bastante habitual, vuelca sus ataques de ira en su novia, Josie, y los hijos adolescentes de esta, elcódigo de silencio de la policía siempre le ha protegido. Pero, una noche, tras golpear a...
14) The rainmaker
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In his final semester of law school, Rudy Baylor "finds himself taking on one of the most powerful, corrupt, and ruthless companies in America -- and exposing a complex, multibillion-dollar insurance scam."
15) The runaway jury
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to them.
They are at the center of a multimillion-dollar legal hurricane: twelve men and women who have been investigated, watched, manipulated, and harassed by high-priced lawyers and consultants who will stop at nothing to secure a verdict. Now the jury must make a decision in the most explosive civil trial of the century, a precedent-setting...
They are at the center of a multimillion-dollar legal hurricane: twelve men and women who have been investigated, watched, manipulated, and harassed by high-priced lawyers and consultants who will stop at nothing to secure a verdict. Now the jury must make a decision in the most explosive civil trial of the century, a precedent-setting...
16) The confession
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When Travis Boyette is paroled because of inoperable brain tumor, for the first time in his life, he decides to do the right thing and tell police about a crime he committed and another man is about to be executed for.
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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AN ORIGINAL E-SHORT • This standalone prequel to the #1 bestseller Rogue Lawyer tells the story of how Sebastian Rudd finally found someone he could trust to be his driver, bodyguard, law clerk, and partner.
Sebastian Rudd, rogue lawyer, defends people other lawyers won't go near. It's controversial and dangerous work, which is why Sebastian needs his bodyguard/assistant/sidekick: Partner. So if Sebastian...
Sebastian Rudd, rogue lawyer, defends people other lawyers won't go near. It's controversial and dangerous work, which is why Sebastian needs his bodyguard/assistant/sidekick: Partner. So if Sebastian...
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2014
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Español
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Puesto que los jueces federales se enfrentan a menudo a criminales violentos y a organizaciones corruptas sin ningún escrúpulo, es sorprendente que hasta ahora solo cuatro de ellos hayan sido asesinados. El juez Raymond Fawcett es el número cinco.
¿Quién es el estafador? Y ¿qué tiene que ver con el asesinato de un juez? Su nombre, de momento, es Malcolm Bannister.
¿Profesión? Fue...
¿Quién es el estafador? Y ¿qué tiene que ver con el asesinato de un juez? Su nombre, de momento, es Malcolm Bannister.
¿Profesión? Fue...
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#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,...
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,...
20) The associate
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Three months after leaving Yale, Kyle McAvoy becomes an associate at the largest law firm in the world, where, in addition to practicing law, he is expected to lie, steal, and take part in a scheme that could send him to prison, if not get him killed.
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