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The Appeal, by John GrishamFrom The Appeal, Chapter 1: "The courtroom was in a state of high alert, as if bombs were coming and the sirens were wailing. Dozens of people milled about, or looked for seats, or chatted nervously with their eyes darting around. When Jared Kurtin and the defense army entered from a side door, everyone gawked as if he might know something they didn’t. Day after day for the past four months he had proven that he could see around corners, but at that moment his face revealed nothing."
The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it. Who are the nine? How will they vote? Very often, they return majority verdicts 5-4 in favor plaintiffs in cases against businesses. Can one be replaced before the case is ultimately decided to swing the expected vote around? The chemical company is owned by a Wall Street predator named Carl Trudeau, and Mr. Trudeau is convinced the Court is not friendly enough. With judicial elections looming, he decides to try to purchase himself a seat on the Court. The cost is a few million dollars, a drop in the bucket for a billionaire like Mr. Trudeau. Through an intricate web of conspiracy and deceit, his political operatives recruit a young, unsuspecting candidate, Ron Fisk. They finance him, manipulate him, market him, and mold him into a potential Supreme Court justice. Their very own Supreme Court justice. The Appeal is a powerful, timely, and shocking story of political and legal intrigue, a story that will leave readers unable to think about our electoral process or judicial system in quite the same way ever again. Many believe politics to be rotten - is the legal system as bad? The Appeal is written by an author who believes it to be! The Appeal is another great John Grisham book. Legal thrillers are what John Grisham excel at. The book has drive, it has twists, it shows knowledge about the legal process and the legal communities - trial lawyers, judges, special interest groups. And, as well, it raises important questions about the functioning of the legal system and the tradition of electing judges that still prevails in some states in the US. It is a very worthwhile book to read. I enjoyed The Appeal a lot, and really recommend it! Other interesting books by thriller-master John Grisham: The Street Lawyer Ken Follett: World Without End. "Ever since The Pillars of the Earth was published in 1989, readers have been asking me to write a sequel. The book is so popular that I’ve been nervous about trying to repeat its success. But at last I screwed up my courage, and wrote World Without End. At the heart of the story in World Without End is the plague known as the Black Death, and how this affects society and characters. Follett returns to 14th-century Kingsbridge with an equally weighty tome that deftly braids the fate of several of the offspring of Pillars' families with such momentous events of the era as the Black Death and the wars with France. Four children, who will become a peasant's wife, a knight, a builder and a nun, share a traumatic experience that will affect each of them differently as their lives play out from 1327 to 1361. It is a long book - thick as a brick - but even so much too short. As I read it, the pages simply flew by, and so did time. I thoroughly enjoyed it. A wonderful novel, and very, very entertaining! Other great books by Follett: The Pillars of the Earth Boken kan også bestilles fra Bokkilden (på engelsk).
David Baldacci: Stone ColdStone Cold is the third book starring the fantastic and intriguing heroes of the Annabelle Conroy, an honorary member of the Camel Club, is also the greatest con artist of her generation. She has swindled forty million dollars from casino king Jerry Bagger, the man who murdered her mother. Now he's hot on her trail with only one goal in mind: Annabelle's death. But as Stone and the Camel Club circle the wagons to protect Annabelle, a new opponent, who makes Bagger's menace pale by comparison, suddenly arises. Stone Cold is a fabulous read, partly because the club is so interesting and the characters so attractive. And, of course, Baldacci is a talented and great story teller that seems to enjoy twisted tales. Also by Baldacci: The Collectors Terry Goodkind: ConfessorConfessor is book number 11 in Goodkind's Sword of Truth Series.
The book is a masterful science fiction/fantasy work that brings to conclusion The Sword of Truth series. It is Goodkind has truly mastered his craft providing a rich and colorfully engrossing story. Confessor is a recommended read, and a must for those who have followed his series. Other recommended books by the same author: Phantom: Chainfire Trilogy, Part 2 (Sword of Truth, Book 10) Antony and Cleopatra, by Colleen McCulloughFinally Antony and Cleopatra is here! This is the follow-up to The October Horse: A Novel of Caesar and Cleopatra
Antony over extends his force in a failed war to suppress the rebellious Parthians. Needing a fast replenishment of his treasury, he travels to Egypt to demand that the wealthy Queen Cleopatra provide reparations. However, Cleopatra has an agenda of her own to replace Antony and ultimately Octavian with Caesarion, the son she had with Julius when he came courting. To succeed she must make Antony her sex slave, which she easily achieves. Antony and Cleopatra is another fabulous Masters of Rome entry. The key players are so alive. The history is thick with plots and intrigue, the battles are fierce, the characters brash and haughty, and the female characters every bit as strong willed and determined as the male ones. Antony and Cleopatra is a wonderful read! Even so, it is not quite as good as the other books in the series. See also of review of the Masters of Rome-series. The series can be ordered here. Other books by Australian master storyteller Colleen McCullough include Song of Troy
Robert Harris: The Ghost.The Ghost is about a former British Labour prime minister, out of the job for a year Ghost is an extraordinarily auspicious thriller of power, politics, corruption, and murder. It is a compelling, modern political thriller ripped from todays headlines. Other, very entertaining books by Robert Harris include Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome To the top |
Søk på LesergledeSøk på netttetSiste 10 bokanmeldelserKing, Ship, and Sword, by Dewey Lambdin Postcard Killers, av Liza Marklund og James Patterson Jeg forbanner tidens elv, av Per Petterson Tornerose sov i hundre år, av Gunnar Staalesen The Private Revolution of Geoffrey Frost, by J.E. Fender De døde, av Vidar Sundstøl War and Remembrance, by Herman Wouk The Temporal Void, by Peter F. Hamilton Prime Time, av Liza Marklund Wicked Cool PHP: Real-World Scripts That Solve Difficult Problems, by William Steinmetz with Brian Ward |
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After the death of Julius Caesar in 41 BC, Mark Antony, Caesar's ambitious and brash cousin, and Octavian, Caesar's adopted son and designated heir, agree to jointly administer the far-flung empire: Antony in the East and Octavian in the West. It's not a happy, nor a very stable, arrangement.
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of an elderly couple, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers happens upon a raging house fire on the edge of town. The house's owner, Bill Judd, killed in the blaze, was an elderly recluse who, back in the day, ran an elaborate pyramid scheme and simultaneously bedded half the women in town. He escaped conviction on the fraud charge, and the money was never recovered.
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in a quiet mood about life and love in the working world. The story is about Manny De Leon, manager of a Red Lobster restaurant in a dismal section of Connecticut. The franchise is about to be shut down.
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unthinkable. For years Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now grown children.
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or so and now accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court. Adam Lang is a gifted communicator and a fine actor, but – as we are told on almost every page – there is little of substance to the man. Now he is writing his memoirs, for which he accepted one of history's largest cash advances, and makes use of a ghostwriter to commit this to print. He is hiding out in wintry Martha's Vineyard. Then his ghostwriter suddenly and mysteriously disappears and later washes up, dead, on the island's deserted shore.
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