The Inheritance

Rating: 3/5 (23 Reviews)
Isbn:9780099537144
Author:John Grisham
Pages:512
Publisher:Arrow

_______________________________________Never make an enemy of a murderer.In 1970, the Ford County Times went bankrupt - and to the surprise and dismay of many, was bought by 23-year-old college dropout Willie Traynor. The papers future was grim, until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Traynor reported all the gruesome details, and his newspaper prospered.The murderer, Danny Padgitt, was tried before a packed courtroom in Clanton, Mississippi. The trial came to a dramatic end when the defendant threatened revenge against the jurors if they convicted him. Despite his threats, they found him guilty, and he was sentenced to life in prison. But nine years later, his influential family get him paroled.And then, one by one, the jurors who convicted him start to fall victim to terrible murders..._______________________________________‘A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos – Irish IndependentJohn Grisham is the master of legal fiction – Jodi PicoultThe best thriller writer alive – Ken Follett‘John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers’ – Telegraph ‘Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller’ – The Times‘Grishams storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.’ – Daily Record‘Masterful – when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real theyre not just alive, theyre pulsating’ – Mirror‘A giant of the thriller genre’ – TimeOut