The Pelican Brief

Darby Shaw, a promising law student, produces a speculative brief which penetrates to the highest levels of power in Washington and puts her life in danger. Originally published in 1992, this novel was adapted in a film starring Julia Roberts

Publishers Weekly

In this tale of the aftermath of the assassinations of two Supreme Court justices, Grisham delivers a suspenseful plot at a breakneck pace, although his characters are stereotypes. The hardcover was on the PW bestseller list 48 weeks and the mass market was No. 1 last week. (Mar.)

The master of the legal thriller, John Grisham was a criminal and civil lawyer in Mississippi when his first book, A Time to Kill, was published. But it was his next book, The Firm, that became a blockbuster and established him as king of the genre.