Juror, The - Softcover

Green, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446550159 ISBN 13: 9780446550154

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Annie Laird is Juror 224. A sculptor with a career going nowhere. A single mother struggling to raise a son. A good citizen who has been summoned to what looks like a rountine tour of civic duty. But the trial she is called to serve on is no ordinary trial. It is a mob trial, whose outcome has been meticulously orchestrated by a man of insidious power and deadly precision. A man who lives by the teachings of Lao Tsu...whose magnetism is irresistible...whose mind is as brilliant as it is twisted. He is know to some as the Teacher, and he's set his sights on Annie Laird.

Pulled into the most chilling depths of the criminal underworld, Annie will be seduced by double-edged promises, stalked by the spector of terror, then, finally, driven to a shocking decision by the most basic motivation a woman can know. THE JUROR is a tour de force of crime and obsession, evil and innocence -- a story that taps into fears so primal they linger long after the last page has been read.

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Review:

'A heart-pounding, blood-chilling, page-turning tour-de-force' Scott Turow 'Rush out and buy it ... easily the most chilling psychotic since Hannibal Lecter' The Times 'George Dawes Green is as good as they come' Andrew Klavan, author of True Crime 'Gripping ... Take a deep breath, ?nd a nice reading spot, and go for it' San Mateo Times 'Emotionally sophisticated, powerful, angry, sarcastic, written with great verve' Guardian 'Terrifying ... If you buy THE JUROR for a weekend's read, don't make any other plans' High Point Enterprise (NC)

From the Back Cover:

You are a juror in a murder trial. They tell you your child will be safe. Your career will flourish. Your friends will remain alive. All you have to say are two words: not guilty.

With this icy ultimatum, George Dawes Green sets in motion an exquisitely harrowing account of a single mother fighting for her son's life and her own, as she is stalked, seduced and terrorized by the Mafia's most sinister representative - a man of insidious power and deadly precision, known only as the Teacher.

Lolita Davidovich is best known for her outstanding roles in such films as Intersection, Raising Cain, JFK and Blaze. She also starred in Prison Stories: Women on the Inside, which was nominated for an ACE award.

John Heard has acted in numerous roles on stage, film and television. His film credits include The Pelican Brief, In the Line of Fire, Home Alone I and II, Beaches and Big.

Abridged, running time approximately 180 minutes

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0446550159
• ISBN 13: 9780446550154
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448