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John Grisham (존 그리샴)
The Widow (Paperback, INT)
17,500원
법정 스릴러의 거장 존 그리샴(John Grisham)의 첫 번째 정통 추리 소설(Whodunit)입니다.
버지니아주의 한 시골 마을에서 근근이 입에 풀칠을 하며 결혼 생활도 파경 직전에 놓인 평범한 변호사 ‘사이먼 래치’에게 일생일대의 기회가 찾아옵니다. 베일에싸인 노망난 미망인 ‘엘리너 바넷’이 찾아와 남편이 남긴 엄청난 비밀 유산을 상속받기 위한 새 유언장 작성을 의뢰한 것입니다.
그녀를 전담하며 비밀리에 거액의 자산을 관리하기 시작한 사이먼은 평생 만져보지 못한 부를 거머쥘 생각에 부풀지만, 엘리너가 갑작스러운 교통사고로 병원에 입원하면서 견고해 보였던 유산 이야기에 금이 가기 시작합니다.
모든 것이 덫이었음을 깨달은 순간, 사이먼은 자신이 저지르지도 않은 잔혹한 살인 사건의 유력한 용의자로 지목되어 법정에 서게 됩니다. 모든 정황 증거가 자신을 가리키는 절체절명의 위기 속에서, 억울하게 평생을 감옥에서 썩지 않기 위해 사이먼은 스스로 진짜 살인범을 찾아 나서야 하는 목숨 건 추적을 시작합니다.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER John Grisham is the acclaimed master of the legal thriller. Now, he's back with his first-ever whodunit, even more suspenseful than his courtroom dramas, as a small-time lawyer accused of murder races to find the real killer to clear his name.
"A classic, compulsive, taut and thrilling novel from one of the great storytellers of our time. The Widow is John Grisham at his irresistible, unforgettable best."-Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colors of the Dark
Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of a new will. Apparently, her husband left her a small fortune, and no one knows about it.
Once he hooks the richest client of his career, Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar. But soon her story begins to crack. When she is hospitalized after a car accident, Simon realizes that nothing is as it seems, and he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn't commit: murder.
Simon knows he's innocent. But he also knows the circumstantial evidence is against him, and he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. To save himself, he must find the real killer….
Don't miss John Grisham's forthcoming thriller, The French Illusion!
"A classic, compulsive, taut and thrilling novel from one of the great storytellers of our time. The Widow is John Grisham at his irresistible, unforgettable best."-Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colors of the Dark
Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of a new will. Apparently, her husband left her a small fortune, and no one knows about it.
Once he hooks the richest client of his career, Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar. But soon her story begins to crack. When she is hospitalized after a car accident, Simon realizes that nothing is as it seems, and he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn't commit: murder.
Simon knows he's innocent. But he also knows the circumstantial evidence is against him, and he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. To save himself, he must find the real killer….
Don't miss John Grisham's forthcoming thriller, The French Illusion!
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