| The Pelican Brief Contributor(s): Grisham, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0440245931 ISBN-13: 9780440245933 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: January 2010 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 | Legal - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 4.2" W x 7.4" (0.60 lbs) 496 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 11732 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 16.0 |
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| Publisher Description: In suburban Georgetown, a killer's Reeboks whisper on the 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's political dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder-a murder intended for her. Going underground, she finds that there is only one person-an ambitious reporter after a newsbreak hotter than Watergate-she can trust 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 someone has read Darby's brief-someone who will stop at nothing to destroy the evidence of an unthinkable crime. |