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‘a fascinating look at judicial corruption . . . one of grisham’s best’ washington post ‘hang on to your subpoenas, it’s an exhilaratingly fast and dangerous ride’ the sunday times the most corrupt judge in us history. a young investigator with a secret informant. the electrifying new thriller. lacy stoltz never expected to be in the firing line. investigating judicial misconduct by florida’s one thousand judges, her cases so far have been relatively unexciting. that’s until she meets greg myers, an indicted lawyer with an assumed name, who has an extraordinary tale to tell. myers is representing a whistle blower who knows of a judge involved in organised crime. along with her gangster associates this judge has facilitated the building of a casino on an indian reservation. at least two people who opposed the scheme are dead. since the casino was built, the judge has made several fortunes off undeclared winnings. she owns property around the world, hires private jets to take her where she wishes, and her secret vaults are overflowing with rare books, art and jewels. no one has a clue what she’s been doing – until now. under florida law, those who help the state recover illegally acquired assets stand to gain a large percentage of them. myers and his whistle blower friend could make millions. but first they need lacy to start an investigation. is she ready to pit herself against the most corrupt judge in american history, a judge whose associates think nothing of murder?

The sunday times bestseller from international bestseller john grisham. ‘grisham at his passionate best’ – daily mail he was framed for murder. now he needs a miracle. 22 years ago quincy miller was sentenced to life without parole. he was accused of killing keith russo, a lawyer in a small florida town. but there were no reliable witnesses and little motive. just the fact that russo had botched quincy’s divorce case, that quincy was black in a largely all-white town and that a blood-splattered torch was found in the boot of quincy’s car. a torch he swore was planted. a torch that was conveniently destroyed in a fire just before his trial. the lack of evidence made no difference to judge or jury. in the eyes of the law quincy was guilty and, no matter how often he protested his innocence, his punishment was life in prison. finally, after 22 years, comes quincy’s one and only chance of freedom. an innocence lawyer and minister, cullen post, takes on his case. post has exonerated eight men in the last ten years. he intends to make quincy the next. but there were powerful and ruthless people behind russo’s murder. they prefer that an innocent man dies in jail rather than one of them. there’s one way to guarantee that. they killed one lawyer 22 years ago, and they’ll kill another without a second thought. praise for john grisham’s the guardians: ‘a canny and engrossing blend of two types of grisham novel: enough of the familiar formula of a single lawsuit in a single town, mixed with a more picaresque and multistranded approach that has the significant advantage of taking in a wider swathe of america’ – the sunday times ‘delivered with all his signature easy, flowing style. a past master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos, grisham makes this a deceptively easy read’ – irish independent ‘this is typical grisham: speedy, gripping, very good at conveying the complexities of the law in a digestible way’ – sunday express ‘speedy and gripping’ – daily mirror 350+ million copies, 45 languages, 9 blockbuster films: no one writes drama like john grisham

“in silverview, john le carré turns his focus to the world that occupied his writing for the past sixty years–the secret world itself. julian lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the city for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small english seaside town. but only a couple of months into his new career, julian’s evening is disrupted by a visitor. edward, a polish émigré living in silverview, the big house on the edge of town, seems to know a lot about julian’s family and is rather too interested in the inner workings of his modest new enterprise. when a letter turns up at the door of a spy chief in london warning him of a dangerous leak, the investigations lead him to this quiet town by the sea . . . silverview is the mesmerizing story of an encounter between innocence and experience and between public duty and private morals. in his inimitable voice john le carré, the greatest chronicler of our age, seeks to answer the question of what we truly owe to the people we love.”–