The Pelican Brief
Now Grisham is back with The Pelican Brief, an irresistible story that begins with the simultaneous assassinations of two Supreme Court Justices...
Late one October night Justice Abe Rosenberg, at ninety - one the Supreme Court's liberal legend, is shot in the head while sleeping in his Georgetown home. Two hours later Glenn Jensen, the Court's youngest and most conservative justice, is strangled, possibly by the same assassin. The country is stunned and baffled; the FBI has no clues.
But Darby Shaw, a brilliant law student at Tulane, thinks she has the answer. Days of digging in the law libray's computers have led her to an obscure connection between the two justices. She fleshes out her beliefs in a meticulous though wildly speculative brief that builds a strong case against a most unlikely suspect.
Her suspect has powerful friends. one evening, outside a New Orleans restaurant, she narrowly escapes an assassin's car bomb. Someone has read her brief. Someone who wants her dead.
Alone and frightened, Darby disappears into the anonymous shadows of the French Quarter. After reading an alarming story about the assassinations in the Washington Post, she contacts investigative reporter Gray Grantham and convinces him that Washington's position the killings amounts to the biggest cover - up since Watergate. Together they go underground, on the run, trying to stay alive long enough to expose the real truth in The Pelican Brief.
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John Grisham
John Grisham’s name is synonymous with legal thrillers that not only captivate but also ignite deeper conversations about justice, morality, and the American legal system. With his storytelling prowess, he has transformed complex legal cases into gripping, page-turning narratives that millions of readers have come to trust and love.
Born in 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, Grisham’s early life was rooted in the small-town South—a setting that would influence much of his later work. After earning his law degree from the University of Mississippi, Grisham practiced law for nearly a decade, focusing on criminal defense and personal injury. It was during these years that he discovered the dramatic possibilities of the legal world, experiences that would lay the foundation for his debut novel, A Time to Kill (1989). Though initially met with lukewarm reception, it ultimately gained the recognition it deserved, particularly after Grisham’s breakout success with The Firm (1991).
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