"#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham is the acclaimed master of the legal
thriller. Now, he's back with his first-ever whodunit, even more suspenseful than his courtroom
dramas, as a small-time lawyer accused of murder races to find the real killer to clear his name.
Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage
slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of a new
will. Apparently, her husband left her a small fortune, and no one knows about it. Once he
hooks the richest client of his career, Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar.
But soon her story begins to crack. When she is hospitalized after a car accident, Simon realizes
that nothing is as it seems, and he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn't commit:
murder. Simon knows he's innocent. But he also knows the circumstantial evidence is against
him, and he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. To save himself, he must find the real
killer..."-- Provided by publisher.