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The Runaway Jury
by John Grisham
They are at the center of a multimillion-dollar legal hurricane: twelve men and women who have been investigated, watched, manipulated, and harassed by high-priced lawyers and consultants who will stop at nothing to secure a verdict. Now the jury must make a decision in the most explosive civil trial of the century, a precedent-setting lawsuit against a giant tobacco company. But only a handful of people know the truth: that this jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him.
Year: 1996
Genre: Corruption, Courtroom Drama
The Whistler
by John Grisham
We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity is the bedrock of the entire judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to punish those who do wrong, and to oversee the flow of justice. But what happens when a judge bends the law or takes a bribe?
Year: 2016
Genre: Corruption, Legal Thriller
The Force
by Don Winslow
All Denny Malone wants is to be a good cop. What only a few know is that Denny Malone is dirty: he and his partners have stolen millions of dollars in drugs and cash. Now Malone is caught in a trap and being squeezed by the Feds, and he must walk the thin line between betraying his brothers and partners, the Job, his family, and the woman he loves, while the city teeters on the brink of a racial conflagration that could destroy them all.
Year: 2017
Genre: Corruption, Police Procedural
The Rooster Bar
by John Grisham
Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world. But now, as third-year students, these friends realize they have been duped. They borrowed heavily to attend a third-tier for-profit law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam. When they learn that their school is owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own a bank specializing in student loans, the three know they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam.
Year: 2017
Genre: Corruption, Legal Thriller
| Got It | Want It | Read It | Year | Title | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1996 | The Runaway Jury | by John Grisham | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2016 | The Whistler | by John Grisham | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2017 | The Force | by Don Winslow | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2017 | The Rooster Bar | by John Grisham | ||||||