Rogue Lawyer
The suspenseful legal thriller from the number 1 Sunday Times bestselling author
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4.2 • 289 Ratings
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- £5.49
Publisher Description
THE LAW HAS FAILED THEM. SEBASTIAN RUDD WILL NOT.
Sebastian Rudd take the cases no one else wants.
As a result, his last office was firebombed - either by drug dealers or cops. And things are about to get even more complicated.
Arch Swanger is a criminal lowlife and the prime suspect in the abduction and presumed murder of the daughter of the assistant chief of police. When Rudd agrees to represent him, Swanger lets him in on a terrible secret.
It's a secret Rudd wishes he never heard - and one that will threaten everything he holds dear.
💥350+ million copies, 45 languages, 10 blockbuster films: JOHN GRISHAM IS THE MASTER OF THE LEGAL THRILLER💥
Rogue Lawyer is a hit with readers:
'Brilliant and blistering!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'John Grisham at his very best' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'A BRILLIANT book' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Fantastic!'⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
“I’m a long-haired roguish zealot sick enough to fight for the rights of child killers and the like.” Meet Sebastian Rudd, John Grisham’s latest courtroom rebel. He’s contesting a double child murder charge against his unsavoury but innocent client. Rudd, too, is unsavoury, pushing the limits of the law to fight for society’s undesirables. Grisham has created an intoxicating antihero to lead this pacey, grubby thriller—one of the bestselling author’s strongest novels in years. We hurtled through it, uncovering gruesome truths about Rudd's harrowing cases and our eponymous leading man.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Sebastian Rudd, the narrator of this uninspired legal thriller from bestseller Grisham (Gray Mountain), describes himself a "lone gunman, a rogue who fights the system and hates injustice." Working in an unspecified Southern state, Rudd isn't afraid to defend unpopular clients, starting with a "brain-damaged eighteen-year-old dropout" named Gardy, who's charged with murdering two young girls. Since everyone is convinced of Gardy's guilt, Rudd faces a tough slog in trying to spring him and nail the real killer. Frequent death threats force him to live a nomadic and isolated existence. His sole friend is his bodyguard and confidant, known only as Partner. Grisham tries to humanize Rudd by making him the backer of an up-and-coming mixed martial artist, as well as the father of a second grader raised by his ex-wife and her current female partner, but he's more a stereotype than a full-blooded character. Some later plot developments, including the climactic jury trial, strain credibility.
Customer Reviews
Top Notch.
Nobody, but nobody, writes like Grisham. How he injects pace into a novel is a mystery to me. Long may he reign as at the king of the courtroom.
One of his best to date ...
John Grisham does it again with an exciting, edge of the seat novel that leaves you wondering whether there will be a sequel.
With many sub plots going on ... it’s just that good.
Fabulous Grisham
This book gripped me from the opening page and didn’t let go once.
It’s unlike his other stories - I found it more gritty and hardcore. Really looking forward to the next one in a series...hopefully I won’t have long to wait !!