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Gray Mountain

A Novel

By John Grisham

By John Grisham

Best Seller
Hardcover $35.00

Oct 21, 2014 | ISBN 9780385537148

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Gray Mountain by John Grisham
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Oct 21, 2014 | ISBN 9780385537148

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About Gray Mountain

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • John Grisham has a new hero … and she’s full of surprises.

The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer’s career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track—until the recession hits and she gets downsized, furloughed, escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is one of the “lucky” associates. She’s offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, after which there would be a slim chance that she’d get her old job back.

In a matter of days Samantha moves from Manhattan to Brady, Virginia, population 2,200, in the heart of Appalachia, a part of the world she has only read about. Mattie Wyatt, lifelong Brady resident and head of the town’s legal aid clinic, is there to teach her how to “help real people with real problems.” For the first time in her career, Samantha prepares a lawsuit, sees the inside of an actual courtroom, gets scolded by a judge, and receives threats from locals who aren’t so thrilled to have a big-city lawyer in town. And she learns that Brady, like most small towns, harbors some big secrets.

Her new job takes Samantha into the murky and dangerous world of coal mining, where laws are often broken, rules are ignored, regulations are flouted, communities are divided, and the land itself is under attack from Big Coal. Violence is always just around the corner, and within weeks Samantha finds herself engulfed in litigation that turns deadly.

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About John Grisham

John Grisham is the author of over fifty consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include Framed, Camino Ghosts, The Exchange: After the Firm, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for… More about John Grisham

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“[An] important new novel . . . superior entertainment.”—The Washington Post
 
“Powerful . . . a satisfying, old-fashioned, good guy/bad guy legal thriller.”—The Christian Science Monitor
 
“Yes, Gray Mountain is fiction. But after reading the book, you’ll believe heroic action must be taken.”—USA Today
 
“Grisham has written one of his best legal dramas.”—Associated Press

Product Details

Category: Suspense & Thriller | Crime Fiction

Hardcover | $35.00
Published by Doubleday
Oct 21, 2014 | 384 Pages | 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9780385537148

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