Книги автора: Джон Гришэм

When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the hoodlums who have raped his ten-year-old daughter, the people of Clanton see it as a crime of blood and call for his acquittal. But when extremists outside Clanton hear that a black man has killed two white men, they invade the town, determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes their sense of justice. Jake Brigance has been hired to defend Hailey. It's the kind of case that can make or break a young lawyer. But in the maelstrom of Clanton, it is also the kind of case that could get a young lawyer killed.

Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D. C. firm with 800 lawyers. The money was good and getting better; a partnership was 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 to walk around them on the sidewalk. No time for a conscience. But a violent encounter with a homeless man stopped him cold. Michael survived; his assailant did not. Who was this homeless man? Michael did some digging and learned that he was a mentally ill veteran who'd been in and out of shelters for twenty 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 from the firm, and took a top secert file with him. He landed in the streets, a poverty lawyer, a street lawyer, an advocate for the homeless. And a thief.

In his final hours in the Oval Office the outgoing President grants a full pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. It's a controversial move, but what no one else knows is that the presidential pardon comes as a result of enormous pressure from the CIA. They claim that Backman may have obtained secrets that would compromise the world's most sophisticated satellite surveillance system. Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane; he is given a new name, a new identity, and a new home in Italy. Eventually, once he has settled into his new life, the CIA will leak his whereabouts to the Israelis, the Russians, the Chinese and the Saudis. Then the CIA will do what it does best: sit back and watch. The question is not whether Backman will survive - there's no chance of that. The question the CIA needs answered is: who will kill him?

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 11 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 nursing 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 bed pan boy, he is in reality a brilliant stalker with an uncanny ability to sniff out the assets of those &quote;seniors&quote; 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.

Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the deciding game at the climax of the season, 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 the NFL. Overnight, he became a national laughing stock and, of course, was immediately dropped by the Browns and shunned by all other teams. But all Rick knows is football, and he insists that his agent, Arnie, finds a team that needs him. Against enormous odds, Arnie finally locates just such a team and informs Rick that, miraculously, he can in fact now be a starting quarterback. Great says Rick - for which team?The mighty Panthers of Parma, Italy.Yes, Italians do play American football, to one degree or another, and the Parma Panthers desperately want a player from the home of American footballat their helm. So Rick reluctantly agrees to play for the Panthers - at least until a better offer comes along - and heads off to Italy. He knows nothing about Parma (not even where it is), has never been to Europe, and doesn't speak or understand a word of Italian. To say that Italy - the land of opera, fine wines, extremely small cars, romance and football americano - holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement.

FonoLibro les trae «El Intermediario,» en una magnifica producción, el audiolibro en español del famoso escritor John Grisham, autor de los bestsellers «La Firma», «El Informe Pelicano», «Tiempo para Matar», «El Rey de los Pleitos» y «El Cliente», otros éxitos. Gracias a un indulto presidencial, Joel Backman es liberado tras seis años de confinamiento por uso indebido de una información altamente confidencial. Backman había obtenido un programa capaz de poner en peligro el sistema de vigilancia por vía satélite mas sofisticado del mundo, cuando dirigía un poderoso bufete de abogados, y era conocido como «El Intermediario.» En vez de informar sobre el descubrimiento a las autoridades de su país, decidió hacer el negocio de su vida vendiendo dicha información, pero las cosas salieron mal y fue condenado por traición a veinte años de cárcel. A pesar de la gravedad del asunto, la CIA logra que Backman sea liberado mucho antes y, argumentando que son muchos los que desearían acabar con su vida, lo saca del país oculto en un avión militar. Su destino es Italia donde podrá empezar una nueva vida bajo una identidad oculta y la protección de la CIA. Sin embargo, Backman, no solo desconfía de las buenas intenciones de esta, sino que sospecha! que todo pueda ser una trampa. Un emocionante thriller que aborda con realismo los intereses que mueven las altas esferas y el enorme poder que tienen las principales agencias de espionaje del mundo.

Ühes Florida väikelinnas tapetakse õhtul kauemaks tööle jäänud noor jurist jahipüssilasuga pähe. Üsna kiiresti leitakse oletatav süüdlane. „Keith ajas tema lahutuse asju, aga mehele jäid suured elatisrahad maksta ja ta oli Keithi peale väga vihane,” ütlevad ühed. „Ta oli vägivaldne ja käis tihti jahil,” väidab endine abikaasa. „Ma kuulsin mingit pauku ja nägin, kuidas must mees jooksis üle tänava; tal oli käes piklik ese, mis võis vabalt olla püss,” ütleb tunnistaja. „Ta kiitles, et oli õigluse jalule seadnud ja püssi pärast seda merre visanud,” tunnistab kongikaaslane eeluurimisvanglast.

Vargajõuk korraldab hulljulge röövi Princetoni ülikooli Firestone’i raamatukogu all asuvast varakambrist. Nende saak on hindamatu, kuid Princeton on selle 25 miljoni dollari eest kindlustanud. Bruce Cable peab populaarset raamatukauplust unises Santa Rosa kuurortlinnas Floridas Camino saarel. Kuid tegelikult teenib ta raha haruldaste raamatute vahendajana: väga vähesed inimesed teavad, et ta tegutseb ajaviiteks varastatud raamatute ja käsikirjade mustal turul. Mercer Mann on noor kirjanik, kes vaevleb loomekriisis ning on hiljuti õpetajatöölt vallandatud. Tema poole pöördub elegantne salapärane naine, kes töötab veelgi salapärasema firma heaks. Suur rahasumma veenab Mercerit salaja infiltreeruma Bruce Cable’i kirjandussõprade hulka, loodetavasti mehele piisavalt lähedale, et teada saada ta saladusi. Kuid lõpuks saab Mercer liiga palju teada ning paradiisis on selliseid muresid, mida suudab välja mõelda ainult John Grisham.