John Grisham THE LAST JUROR PB2004 **GC**

GOOD CONDITION – AS SHOWN – A LITTLE SCUFFED AROUND THE EDGES – SPINE SLIGHTLY CREASED – PAGES SLIGHTLY YELLOWED

THE LAST JUROR by JOHN GRISHAM – PAPERBACK 2004 – ARROW BOOKS – COVER PRICE £6.99 – 506 PAGES – In 1970, one of Mississippi’s more colourful weekly newspapers The Ford County Times, went bankrupt – To the surprise & dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year old college drop-out, named Willie Traynor – The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped & murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family – Willie Traynor reported all the gruesome details & his newspaper began to prosper – The murderer Danny Padgitt was tried before a packed courtroom in Clanton Mississippi – The trial came to a startling & dramatic end when the defendant threatened revenge against the jurors if they convicted him – Nevertheless, they found him guilty & he was sentenced to life in prison – But in Mississippi in 1970 “life” didn’t necessarily mean “life” & 9 years later Danny Padgitt managed to get himself paroled – He returned to Ford County & the retribution began…

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