A gripping courtroom thriller from the No. 1 bestselling master thriller writer.Rudy Baylor is a newly qualified lawyer: he has one case, and one case alone, to save himself from his mounting debts. His case is against a giant insurance company which could have saved a young man's life, but instead refused to pay the claim until it was too late.The settlement could be worth millions of dollars, but there is one problem: Rudy has never argued a case in court before, and he's up against the most expensive lawyers that money can buy.

Rudy Baylor is a rookie lawyer about to take on a career-defining case, fighting for justice for a young man whose death could easily have been prevented.

This case has the power to change everything for Rudy - eliminate his debts and save his legal practice.

But he has never argued a case in court before. And he is up against the most expensive lawyers that money can buy.

Can Rudy win against the odds? Or will the truth be buried forever?
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'A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' Irish Independent

'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction' Jodi Picoult

'The best thriller writer alive' Ken Follett

**'**John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing and fast-paced thrillers' Telegraph

'Grisham is a superb and instinctive storyteller' The Times

'Grisham's 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 they are not just alive, they are pulsating' Mirror

'A giant of the thriller genre' TimeOut

Vorwort
A gripping courtroom thriller from the No. 1 bestselling master thriller writer

Autorentext

John Grisham is the author of forty works of fiction and one of non-fiction. His works are translated into forty-two languages. He lives in Virginia.

Zusammenfassung
_______________________________________One case. One chance. One man against the world.Rookie lawyer Rudy Baylor is about to take on the case of a lifetime,Fighting for justice for a young man whose death could have easily been prevented.There is just one problem. Rudy has never argued a case before.And he is up against the most expensive lawyers that money can buy.Can Rudy win against the odds?Or will the truth be buried forever?_______________________________________ A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' Irish Independent'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction' Jodi Picoult'The 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 Grisham's 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 they're not just alive, they're pulsating Mirror A giant of the thriller genre TimeOut