The Pelican Brief - Softcover

Grisham, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440245931 ISBN 13: 9780440245933

Publisher: Anchor Books, 2010

Synopsis

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's political dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder-a murder intended for her. Going underground, she finds that there is only one person-an ambitious reporter after a newsbreak hotter than Watergate-she can trust 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.

About this title

Review:

"Gripping... a genuine page-turner. Grisham is a skillful craftsman."--New York Times Book Review.

"Grisham has done it again!"--Chicago Tribune.

"A fast-paced thriller...it's got the unmistakable Grisham style--conspiracy in high places, evil and innocent lawyers, assassins and a plot that will keep you reading into the small hours of the morning."--Cincinnati Post

"Superb drama . . . page-turning escapism at its best."--New York Law Journal

"A first-class thriller."--Chattanooga Times Free Press

"There is a propulsiveness to [Grisham's] narrative that keeps the pages turning briskly."--People

From the Publisher:

Killing, corruption and cover-up. Can college-student Darby Shaw stay alive long enough to reveal the truth?

About this edition

• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0440245931
• ISBN 13: 9780440245933
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 496