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Long before his name became synonymous with the modern legal thriller, John Grisham was working 60-70 hours a week at a small Southaven, Mississippi law practice, squeezing in time before going to the office and during courtroom recesses to work on his hobby—writing his first novel.
Born on February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to a construction worker and a homemaker, John Grisham as a child dreamed of being a professional baseball player. Realizing he didn't have the right stuff for a pro career, he shifted gears and majored in accounting at Mississippi State University. After graduating from law school at Ole... Read More
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Ford County: Stories
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $24.00
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... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $24.00
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... Read more >
Also available as an
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unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover,
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The Associate
Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $9.99
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... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $9.99
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... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
unabridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
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Ford County: Stories
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $35.00
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... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $35.00
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... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover,
hardcover,
paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
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The Appeal
Format: Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: November 18, 2008
Price: $7.99
Politics has always been a dirty game. Now justice is, too. In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town’s water supply, causing the worst “cancer cluster” in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: November 18, 2008
Price: $7.99
Politics has always been a dirty game. Now justice is, too. In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town’s water supply, causing the worst “cancer cluster” in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi... Read more >
Also available as an
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The Innocent Man
Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2007
Price: $7.99
In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs, and women. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Ron’s home, a young cocktail waitress named... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2007
Price: $7.99
In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs, and women. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Ron’s home, a young cocktail waitress named... Read more >
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A Time to Kill
Format: Paperback, 672 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2009
Price: $9.99
The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own outraged hands.
For ten... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 672 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2009
Price: $9.99
The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own outraged hands.
For ten... Read more >
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Playing for Pizza
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 22, 2008
Price: $7.99
Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game. With a 17-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history of... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 22, 2008
Price: $7.99
Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game. With a 17-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history of... Read more >
Also available as an
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large print trade paperback.
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The Firm
Format: Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: August 25, 2009
Price: $9.99
When Mitch McDeere signed on with Bendini, Lambert & Locke of Memphis, he thought that he and his beautiful wife, Abby, were on their way. The firm leased him a BMW, paid off his school loans, arranged a mortgage, and hired the McDeeres a decorator. Mitch should have remembered what his... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: August 25, 2009
Price: $9.99
When Mitch McDeere signed on with Bendini, Lambert & Locke of Memphis, he thought that he and his beautiful wife, Abby, were on their way. The firm leased him a BMW, paid off his school loans, arranged a mortgage, and hired the McDeeres a decorator. Mitch should have remembered what his... Read more >
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The Partner
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: January 7, 1998
Price: $7.99
They hired him. They trusted him. Now they don't want justice--they want revenge...
For four years, Patrick had often wondered how it would feel if they caught him.
Now he was terror-stricken. Practically naked and strapped down like an animal, he knew the next few hours would be insufferable....
Once he was a well-liked, well-paid young partner... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: January 7, 1998
Price: $7.99
They hired him. They trusted him. Now they don't want justice--they want revenge...
For four years, Patrick had often wondered how it would feel if they caught him.
Now he was terror-stricken. Practically naked and strapped down like an animal, he knew the next few hours would be insufferable....
Once he was a well-liked, well-paid young partner... Read more >
Also available as an
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The Partner
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $5.99
They watched Danilo Silva for days before they finally grabbed him. He was living alone, a quiet life on a shady street in Brazil; a simple life in a modest home, certainly not one of luxury. Certainly no evidence of the fortune they thought he had stolen. He was much thinner... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $5.99
They watched Danilo Silva for days before they finally grabbed him. He was living alone, a quiet life on a shady street in Brazil; a simple life in a modest home, certainly not one of luxury. Certainly no evidence of the fortune they thought he had stolen. He was much thinner... Read more >
Also available as an
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unabridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover,
paperback and a
trade paperback.
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Ford County: Stories
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $24.00
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... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $24.00
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... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover,
hardcover and a
paperback.
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The Street Lawyer
Format: Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: January 5, 1999
Price: $7.99
He gave up the money. He gave up the power. Now all he has left is the law.
Michael Brock is billing the hours, making the money, rushing relentlessly to the top of Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm. One step away from partnership, Michael has it all. Then, in an instant, it all... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: January 5, 1999
Price: $7.99
He gave up the money. He gave up the power. Now all he has left is the law.
Michael Brock is billing the hours, making the money, rushing relentlessly to the top of Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm. One step away from partnership, Michael has it all. Then, in an instant, it all... Read more >
Also available as an
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A Painted House
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2001
Price: $7.99
Until that September of 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of his seventh year, two groups of migrant workers — and two very dangerous men — came through the Arkansas Delta to work the Chandler cotton farm. And... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2001
Price: $7.99
Until that September of 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of his seventh year, two groups of migrant workers — and two very dangerous men — came through the Arkansas Delta to work the Chandler cotton farm. And... Read more >
Also available as an
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The Broker
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: July 25, 2006
Price: $14.99
In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving... Read more >
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: July 25, 2006
Price: $14.99
In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving... Read more >
Also available as an
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The Broker
Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2005
Price: $7.99
In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2005
Price: $7.99
In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
unabridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
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Skipping Christmas
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2004
Price: $6.99
Luther and Nora Krank are fed up with the chaos of Christmas. The endless shopping lists, the frenzied dashes through the mall, the hassle of decorating the tree... where has all the joy gone? This year, celebrating seems like too much effort. With their only child off in Peru, they decide... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2004
Price: $6.99
Luther and Nora Krank are fed up with the chaos of Christmas. The endless shopping lists, the frenzied dashes through the mall, the hassle of decorating the tree... where has all the joy gone? This year, celebrating seems like too much effort. With their only child off in Peru, they decide... Read more >
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The Last Juror
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: January 3, 2006
Price: $14.99
In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly newspapers, The Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by... Read more >
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: January 3, 2006
Price: $14.99
In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly newspapers, The Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by... Read more >
Also available as an
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abridged audiobook download,
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The Brethren
Format: Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2000
Price: $7.99
They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison.
One was sent up for tax evasion. Another, for skimming bingo profits. And the third, for a career-ending drunken joyride.
Meeting daily in the prison law library, taking exercise walks in their boxer shorts, these... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2000
Price: $7.99
They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison.
One was sent up for tax evasion. Another, for skimming bingo profits. And the third, for a career-ending drunken joyride.
Meeting daily in the prison law library, taking exercise walks in their boxer shorts, these... Read more >
Also available as an
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The Testament
Format: Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: December 28, 1999
Price: $7.99
Heart of darkness...
In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. 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... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: December 28, 1999
Price: $7.99
Heart of darkness...
In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. 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... Read more >
Also available as an
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The Rainmaker
Format: Paperback, 608 pages
On Sale: January 2, 1996
Price: $7.99
It's summer in Memphis. The sweat is sticking to Rudy Baylor's shirt and creditors are nipping at his heels. Once he had aspirations of breezing through law school and punching his ticket to the good life. Now he doesn't have a job or a prayer...except for one: an insurance dispute that leaves a family... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 608 pages
On Sale: January 2, 1996
Price: $7.99
It's summer in Memphis. The sweat is sticking to Rudy Baylor's shirt and creditors are nipping at his heels. Once he had aspirations of breezing through law school and punching his ticket to the good life. Now he doesn't have a job or a prayer...except for one: an insurance dispute that leaves a family... Read more >
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The King of Torts
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: December 16, 2003
Price: $7.99
The office of the public defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: December 16, 2003
Price: $7.99
The office of the public defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with... Read more >
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Bleachers
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: June 22, 2004
Price: $7.99
High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty.
Now, as... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: June 22, 2004
Price: $7.99
High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty.
Now, as... Read more >
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The Last Juror
Format: Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: December 14, 2004
Price: $7.99
In 1970, Willie Traynor came to Mississippi in a Triumph Spitfire and a fog of vague ambitions. Within a year, the twenty-three-year-old college dropout found himself the owner of Ford County’s only newspaper, famous for its well-crafted obituaries. While the rest of America was in the grips of social turmoil, Willie’s... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: December 14, 2004
Price: $7.99
In 1970, Willie Traynor came to Mississippi in a Triumph Spitfire and a fog of vague ambitions. Within a year, the twenty-three-year-old college dropout found himself the owner of Ford County’s only newspaper, famous for its well-crafted obituaries. While the rest of America was in the grips of social turmoil, Willie’s... Read more >
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The Appeal
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: November 18, 2008
Price: $14.00
In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town’s water supply, causing the worst “cancer cluster” in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: November 18, 2008
Price: $14.00
In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town’s water supply, causing the worst “cancer cluster” in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the... Read more >
Also available as an
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abridged audiobook download,
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The Summons
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: December 17, 2002
Price: $7.99
Once Judge Atlee was a powerful figure in Clanton, Mississippi--a pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty years. Now the judge is a shadow of his former self, a sick, lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home. Knowing the end is... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: December 17, 2002
Price: $7.99
Once Judge Atlee was a powerful figure in Clanton, Mississippi--a pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty years. Now the judge is a shadow of his former self, a sick, lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home. Knowing the end is... Read more >
Also available as an
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