Джон Гришэм Book order (chronological)

Theodore Boone, young lawyer, has had a lot to deal with in his 13 years; everything from kidnapping to murder. But he's come through it all and, with the law on his side, justice has always prevailed. But sometimes the law doesn't seem so just. His friend Hardie Quinn is about to have his family home bulldozed to make way for a bypass. Hardie is not the only one affected: other homes, businesses and schools lie in the path of the road. Theo has to tell his friend the bad news: for once, the law isn't on his side, and there's very little anyone can do to end the destruction.

Признание, выбитое на допросе ловкими следователями, - и за Донти Драммом захлопнулась дверь тюремной камеры… А дальше - показания "свидетелей", которые отлично вписались в версию обвинения, и приговор, состряпанный прокурором и судьей... И вдруг всплывают обстоятельства, способные "опрокинуть" приговор. Неужели казнь удастся отменить?.. Но… Документы задерживаются. Двери кабинетов запираются. Чиновники, от которых зависит судьба осужденного, заняты своими личными делами. Стрелки же неумолимо отмеряют уже не часы, а последние минуты жизни Донти Драмма…

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 in a thriving Mississippi law firm. Then Patrick Lanigan stole ninety million dollars from his own firm--and ran for his life. For four years, he evaded men who were rich, powerful, and would stop at nothing to find him. Then, inevitably, on the edge of the Brazilian jungle, they finally tracked him down. Now Patrick is coming home. And in the Mississippi city where it all began, an extraordinary trial is about to begin. As prosecutors circle like sharks, as Patrick's lawyer prepares his defense, as Patrick's lover prays for his deliverance and his former partners wait for their revenge, another story is about to emerge. Because Patrick Lanigan, the most reviled white-collar criminal of his time, knows something that no one else in the world knows. He knows the truth....

The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. It was a Wednesday, early in September 1952. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with three weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. The cotton, however, was waist-high to my father, over my head, and he and my grandfather could be heard before supper whispering words that were seldom heard. It could be a "good crop." Thus begins the new novel from John Grisham, a story inspired by his own childhood in rural Arkansas. The narrator is a farm boy named Luke Chandler, age seven, who lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents in a little house that's never been painted. The Chandlers farm eighty acres that they rent, not own, and when the cotton is ready they hire a truckload of Mexicans and a family from the Ozarks to help harvest it. For six weeks they pick cotton, battling the heat, the rain, the fatigue, and, sometimes, each other. As the weeks pass Luke sees and hears things no seven-year-old could possibly be prepared for, and finds himself keeping secrets that not only threaten the crop but will change the lives of the Chandlers forever. A Painted House is a moving story of one boy's journey from innocence to experience. On-sale February 6, 2001.

Прокуратура и ФБР, наемные убийцы мафии и “орлы” полиции - весь мир, похоже, охотится за одним-единственным человеком... одиннадцатилетним "трудным подростком” Марком Свеем. Мальчик случайно стал свидетелем самоубийства скандально знаменитого адвоката одной из самых могущественных преступных "семей" США, и перед смертью несчастный рассказал ребенку слишком многое. Если Марк не заговорит - попадет за решетку, если заговорит - погибнет. За совершенно, казалось бы, безнадежное дело его защиты берется адвокат-неудачница Реджи Лав...