Worldwide bestseller John Grisham will keep you on the edge of your seat with his most suspenseful thriller yet America's greatest storyteller brings us a new masterpiece of legal courage and gripping suspense - and his finest heroine since The Pelican Brief Donovan Gray is ruthless and fearless Just the kind of lawyer you need, deep in small-town Appalachia Samantha Kofer is a world away from her former life at New York's biggest law firm If she is going to survive in coal country, she needs to start learning fast Because as Donovan knows only too well, the mountains have their own laws And standing up for the truth means putting your life on the line