John Grisham
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 6
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When an anonymous tip leads the school board to investigate a suspicious increase in scores at another local middle school, Theo finds himself thrust in the middle of a cheating scandal. With insider knowledge and his future on the line, Theo must follow his keen instincts to do whats right.
62) Camino Ghosts
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham takes you back to Camino Island where bookseller Bruce Cable and novelist Mercer Mann always manage to find trouble in paradise.
In this new thriller on Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresistible tale that might be her next novel. A giant resort developer is using its political muscle and deep pockets to claim ownership of a deserted island between...
In this new thriller on Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresistible tale that might be her next novel. A giant resort developer is using its political muscle and deep pockets to claim ownership of a deserted island between...
63) Sooley
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Appears on list
Description
After seventeen-year-old Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon receives a college scholarship to play basketball for North Carolina Central, he moves to Durham from his native, war-torn South Sudan, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season, but Sooley has a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America, working tirelessly on his game until he dominates everyone in practice, and when Sooley is called...
64) Tiempo de perdon
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espanol
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Court-appointed lawyer Jake Brigance puts his career, his financial security, and the safety of his family on the line to defend a sixteen-year-old suspect who is accused of killing a local deputy and is facing the death penalty.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
Hace una semana Samantha Kofer trabajaba en una prestigiosa firma de abogados de Nueva York. Ahora trabaja gratis en una asesoría legal para clientes sin recursos en una pequeña ciudad de Virginia. La caída de Lehman Brothers supuso para ella la pérdida del trabajo, de la seguridad y del futuro. Su mundo no tiene nada que ver con su vida pasada de peces gordos y bonos desorbitados. En la actualidad se enfrenta a clientes reales con problemas...
68) Los guardianes
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espanol, una division de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Cullen Post, an Episcopal minister and lawyer, fights to exonerate Quincy Miller, who has spent over twenty years in prison for killing a lawyer, only to discover that powerful forces want the murder to remain unsolved.
69) La herencia
Author
Publisher
Vintage Españ̃ol
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
In this novel the author takes you back to where it all began in A Time to Kill. Now we return to that famous courthouse in Clanton as Jake Brigance once again finds himself embroiled in a fiercely controversial trial; a trial that will expose old racial tensions and force Ford County to confront its tortured history. Seth Hubbard is a wealthy man dying of lung cancer. He trusts no one. Before he hangs himself from a sycamore tree, Hubbard leaves...
71) La gran estafa
Author
Publisher
VINTAGE ESPANOL
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Mark, Todd y Zola decidieron estudiar Derecho en Washington para cambiar el mundo, para hacer de él un lugar mejor. Pero ahora que están en el tercer año, se dan cuenta de que han sido víctimas de un fraude: pidieron un cuantioso préstamo para estudiar en lo que ha terminado siendo una escuela de segunda categoría, centrada en ganar dinero, y tan mediocre que los alumnos rara vez aprueban el examen final. Investigando, descubren que la escuela...
72) El soborno
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espanol, una division de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
Lacy Stoltz, an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct, takes a case involving a corrupt judge, a Native American casino, and the mafia when a formerly disbarred lawyer approaches her for a client who claims to know the truth.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Clay Carter, a public defender, reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, assuming it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C. every week. As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, looking at the kind of enormous...
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling master of legal suspense, John Grisham has electrified readers with his white-knuckle narratives for more than two decades. Assembled here in a convenient eBook bundle are three of his classic thrillers: The Firm, the runaway hit that ignited his writing career, The Appeal, and The Chamber. Read back-to-back or enjoyed separately, these edge-of-your-seat novels show why John Grisham...
78) The chamber
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Adam Hall is an idealistic young attorney who takes on the death row clemency case of his one-time Klansman grandfather, Sam Cayhall. With just 28 days before the execution, Adam sets out to retrace the events leading to the crime for which Sam was convicted. As the impending death sentence looms closer, Adam works quickly to uncover the family's history for any hidden clues. In a white-knuckle series of twists and turns, Adam discovers deceptions...
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Appears on list
Description
De uno de nuestros talentos literarios mas incesantemente provocativos, una novela de suspenso metafisico inquietante sobre una viuda anciana cuya vida se da un vuelco cuando encuentra una nota criptica en un paseo por el bosque que finalmente la hace cuestionar todo sobre su nuevo hogar. En el paseo diario con su perro por los bosques cercanos, nuestra protagonista se encuentra con una nota, escrita a mano y cuidadosamente clavada en el suelo con...
80) The Firm
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
A brilliant and ambitious Harvard Law grad joins a small, prosperous law firm in Memphis, and is soon confronted by FBI agents with evidence of corruption and murder within the firm.