The Runaway Jury
John Grisham, 1996
Mystery, thriller & crime Contemporary fiction
A tobacco trial in Biloxi becomes a war over the jury itself: surveillance, money and a stranger who may be playing everyone.
About power, freedom and society.
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What it costs to work for a man who sleeps in hostility.
Fitch was angry, as usual, nothing new about that because the man even slept in a state of hostility. But would he curse and threaten, maybe throw things, or simply boil under the surface? They never knew with Fitch. He stopped at the edge of the table between two young lawyers who were junior partners and thus earning comfortable six-figure salaries, who were members of this firm and this was their room in their building. Fitch, on the other hand, was a stranger from Washington, an intruder who’d been growling and barking in their hallways for a month now. The two young lawyers dared not look at him. John Grisham.Before writing thrillers, John Grisham practiced law in Southaven, Mississippi, and served in the state House of Representatives.
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- What should I read after The Runaway Jury?
- If you liked The Runaway Jury, try Digital Fortress (Dan Brown), World Without End (Ken Follett) and Foundation (Isaac Asimov).
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The oldest question about power, asked about the people who protect us.
Who will guard the guards ? If we’re the guards of society, then who will watch us and make sure that we’re not dangerous?
Digital Fortress · Dan Brown
Hunger frightens a child more than hellfire does.
Gwenda knew that Jesus was telling her not to sin, or she would be tortured by demons; but humans frightened her more than demons. If she failed to steal Sir Gerald’s purse, she would be whipped by her father. Worse, there would be nothing for the family to eat but soup made with acorns. She and Philemon would be hungry for weeks on end. Ma’s breasts would dry up, and the new baby would die, as the last two had. Pa would disappear for days, and come back with nothing for the pot but a scrawny heron or a couple of squirrels. Being hungry was worse than being whipped—it hurt longer.
World Without End · Ken Follett
What it feels like to wait for a whole planet to appear.
What Gaal was waiting for after the disappointment of the Jump was that first sight of Trantor. He haunted the View-room. The steel shutter-lids were rolled back at announced times and he was always there, watching the hard brilliance of the stars, enjoying the incredible hazy swarm of a star cluster, like a giant conglomeration of fireflies caught in mid-motion and stilled forever. At one time there was the cold, blue-white smoke of a gaseous nebula within five light years of the ship, spreading over the window like distant milk, filling the room with an icy tinge, and disappearing out of sight two hours later, after another Jump.
Foundation · Isaac Asimov
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