The Last Juror

<b>_______________________________________</b><br> <b>Never make an enemy of a murderer.</b><br> <br> In 1970, the <i>Ford County Times</i> went bankrupt - and to the surprise and dismay of many, was bought by 23-year-old college dropout Willie Traynor. The paper's future was grim, until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Traynor reported all the gruesome details, and his newspaper prospered.<br> <br> The murderer, Danny Padgitt, was tried before a packed courtroom in Clanton, Mississippi. The trial came to a dramatic end when the defendant threatened revenge against the jurors if they convicted him. Despite his threats, they found him guilty, and he was sentenced to life in prison.<br> <br> But nine years later, his influential family get him paroled.<br> <br> And then, one by one, the jurors who convicted him start to fall victim to terrible murders...<br> <b>_______________________________________</b><br> <b>'A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos'</b> - <i>Irish Independent</i><br> <br> <b>'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction'</b> - Jodi Picoult<br> <br> <b>'The best thriller writer alive'</b> - Ken Follett<br> <br> <b>'</b><b>John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers'</b> - <i>Telegraph</i><br> <br> <b>'Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller'</b> - <i>The Times</i><br> <br> <b>'Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.'</b> - <i>Daily Record</i><br> <br> <b>'Masterful - when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating'</b> - <i>Mirror</i><br> <br> <b>'A giant of the thriller genre'</b> - <i>TimeOut</i>