The Last Juror Av John Grisham

<p><b>_______________________________________</b><br><b>Never make an enemy of a murderer.</b><br><br>In 1970, the<i> Ford County Times </i>went bankrupt - and to the surprise and dismay of many, was bought by 23-year-old college dropout Willie Traynor. The paper''s 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.<br><br>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. <br><br>But nine years later, his influential family get him paroled.<br><br>And then, one by one, the jurors who convicted him start to fall victim to terrible murders...<br><b>_______________________________________</b><br><b>‘A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos'' </b>– <i>Irish Independent</i><br><br><b>''John Grisham is the master of legal fiction'' </b>– Jodi Picoult<br><br><b>''The best thriller writer alive'' </b>– Ken Follett<br><br><b>‘</b><b>John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers’ </b>– <i>Telegraph</i> <br><br><b>‘Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller’ </b>–<i> The Times</i><br><br><b>‘Grisham''s storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.’</b> – <i>Daily Record</i><br><br><b>‘Masterful – when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they''re not just alive, they''re pulsating’ </b>– <i>Mirror</i><br><br><b>‘A giant of the thriller genre’ </b>– <i>TimeOut</i></p>