The Last Juror: A gripping crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of mystery and suspense

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While hanging around the courts in 1984, Grisham met a young girl with an intriguing story to tell about a case in which she was involved. The things she told him about her life touched him so much that he began to write his first novel based on her story. It was published in 1989 and is called Time to Kill. As a new author, Grisham had difficulty finding a publisher for his first book. He finally found one that was willing to let him have a printing of 5,000 copies. Grisham has spent the last few years stretching his creative muscles through a number of genres: his usual legal thrillers ( The Summons The fact that the main character is a journalist and everything is looked from the point of view of a journalist is interesting. Willie seems like a very amateur journalist which changes through time. I kind of missed having a character that I could really get into them. Maybe the closest one was Miss Callie, but not enough to be completely absorbed. Regarding the way of writing, for me the rape was very graphic and detailed, that gave me the pure feeling of drama and disgust, which is good when you are reading a story like this, so good job there. However, the develop of the story and characters was not that interesting. Sometimes I even had to rad a few chapters twice so I don't get lost. It's fine if Grisham wants to write something different than a legal thriller, but I wish his publishers didn't advertise this book as if it was. I really didn't want to read a book about small town southern life, especially a particularly boring southern town, but that is pretty much what this book is about. I found the characters to be uninteresting, particularly the main character. I thought it absolutely ridiculous that he sold the paper at the end so he could stay in the town and basically do nothing. The part where he went around to all the various churches in the area did nothing for the plot and it didn't even change his character mentally or spiritually. What was the point????

He wanted to see her eyes, those beautiful eyes he’d seen in the clubs. And the long hair. He’d bought her drinks and danced with her twice, and when he’d finally made a move she had stiff-armed him. Try these moves, baby, he mumbled just loud enough for her to hear. Over the course of the story, Grisham introduces many of Clanton, Mississippi's residents and local characters, people like politicians, war veterans, and decaying aristocracy who make the town colorful and unique.

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You may want to read his debut novel first, the book which brought him to fame, or one of the books that has been turned into a popular and successful movie. Regardless of where you begin, from his debut novel, A Time to Kill, to his latest book, Grisham’s writing is captivating and compelling. Who is John Grisham?

Daring to report the true horrors of the crime, Willie makes as many friends as enemies in Clanton, and over the next decade he sometimes wonders how he got there in the first place. But he can never escape the crime that shattered his innocence or the criminal whose evil left an indelible stain. Because as the ghosts of the South’s past gather around Willie, as tension swirls around Clanton, men and women who served on a jury nine years ago are starting to die one by one—as a killer exacts the ultimate revenge. Instead, this is the tale of a dying weekly newspaper and the brash young Northern-educated Memphis journalist who buys it, turns it around, and during the process sinks roots into the tiny community of Clanton, Mississipi. Callie reveals that the victims were jurors who voted against sentencing Padgitt to death. A third juror - who also opposed a death sentence - narrowly escapes a bomb sent through the mail. The resulting public uproar forces the authorities' hands, and a warrant is issued for Padgitt's arrest. Against expectations, Padgitt surrenders to police. During his bail hearing, however, Padgitt is shot and killed by Hooten, who is hiding in the ceiling. Hooten barricades himself in the courthouse tower and, after a short standoff, commits suicide. It is revealed that Padgitt - though guilty of his original crime - was innocent of the murders. Willie discovers that Hooten has indeed been involved with Rhoda Kassellaw, and sought revenge against Padgitt and the three jurors who voted against his death sentence. The story of my life, not really sure to make of this. It was not what I expected but I unexpectedly enjoyed it.

Shortly after the death of her husband, Rhoda planned to return to her family in Missouri. She was not from Ford County, nor was her husband. A job took them there. But the house was paid for, the kids were happy, the neighbors were nice, and her family was much too concerned about how much life insurance she’d collected. So she stayed, always thinking of leaving but never doing so. Then the jeans got tighter, the dancing faster, the hours longer and longer. She was getting noticed and talked about in the bars and clubs along the state line.

The American south has long been a point of interest to historians as it was the place where slavery once boomed and racisim ran rampant. Although the land has been a place of much turmoil, some positive things have arisen for it, as it was in Jonesboro, Arkansas that John Grisham was born. He arrived in the world on February 8, 1955, when cotton was still a major product of the south. His father happened to be a cotton farmer at the time. Before becoming an author, he was a master of his own legal thrillers by working as a criminal defense attorney. This gave him an intimate understanding of the courts which shines through in his writing. The Last Juror is a 2004 legal thriller novel by John Grisham, first published by Doubleday on February 3, 2004. [1] Plot introduction [ edit ] The German title is "Die Liste" = The List. Since I normally don't compare international titles until I'm about ready to write a review - if at all - I had no idea the original was "The Last Juror." An owner of car repair shops and a vicious racist. The 10th Juror doesn’t care about due process or the law and is on a single-minded mission to convict the boy because of his race. Angry, self-righteous, and unyielding, he sees his job as protecting America from immigrants.

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urn:oclc:613760434 Scandate 20100624052140 Scanner scribe3.sanfrancisco.archive.org Scanningcenter sanfrancisco Source Two of the books Grisham is most well-known for also happen to be the very first two novels he ever released; The Firm and Time to Kill. The Firm, released in 1991, has sold more than seven million copies. It is the second novel that he wrote and is the gripping tale about a young man named Mitchell V. McDeere who, fresh out of law school, decides to work at a Memphis law firm, appeased by their generous offer of a high salary, new BMW, and nice house with low interest mortgage. Willie uses his newspaper to crusade -- aptly -- because it's the right thing to do. Also because he knows how to make it lucrative. The twelve members of the jury at the center of an enormous lawsuit against a giant tobacco company have been investigated and harassed by lawyers and consultants intent on a verdict. The civil trial is sure to be the most explosive of the century with everyone waiting to hear their decision. But the jury has a leader, and he will be the one who decides the verdict. A broker. The 4th Juror is logical and persuaded by reason. At the same time, he harbors classist views of the defendant, and he believes the boy more likely to be guilty because he is poor. Eventually, he is persuaded by facts to vote for an acquittal.