| The Pelican Brief Contributor(s): Grisham, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385421982 ISBN-13: 9780385421980 Publisher: Doubleday Books OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1992 Annotation: In suburban Georgetown a killer's Reeboks whisper on the front floor of a posh home... In a seedy D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted to death... The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And in New Orleans, a young law student prepares a legal brief... To Darby Shaw it was no more than a legal shot in the dark, a brilliant guess. To the Washington establishment it was political dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder -- a murder intended for her. Going underground, she finds there is only one person she can trust -- an ambitious reporter after a newsbreak hotter than Watergate -- to help her piece together the deadly puzzle. Somewhere between the bayous of Louisiana and the White House's inner sanctums, a violent cover-up is being engineered. For somone has read Darby's brief. Someone who will stop at nothing to destroy the evidence of an unthinkable crime. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Legal - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 91033235 |
| Lexile Measure: 660 |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6.4" W x 9.58" (1.46 lbs) 384 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 11732 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 16.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In suburban Georgetown a killer's Reeboks whisperon the front floor of a posh home... In a seedyD.C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted todeath... The next day America learns that two of itsSupreme Court justices have been assassinated. Andin New Orleans, a young law student prepares alegal brief... To Darby Shaw it was no more than alegal shot in the dark, a brilliant guess. To theWashington establishment it was political dynamite.Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder -- a murderintended for her. Going underground, she findsthere is only one person she can trust -- anambitious reporter after a newsbreak hotter than Watergate-- to help her piece together the deadly puzzle.Somewhere between the bayous of Louisiana and theWhite House's inner sanctums, a violent cover-up isbeing engineered. For somone has read Darby'sbrief. Someone who will stop at nothing to destroy theevidence of an unthinkable crime." |