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The Guardians: A Novel
by John Grisham

Published: 2019-10-15
Hardcover : 384 pages
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John Grisham delivers a classic legal thriller–-with a twist.


In the small Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues. There were no witnesses, no one with a motive. But the police soon came ...
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John Grisham delivers a classic legal thriller–-with a twist.


In the small Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues. There were no witnesses, no one with a motive. But the police soon came to suspect Quincy Miller, a young black man who was once a client of Russo’s. 

Quincy was tried, convicted, and sent to prison for life. For twenty-two years he languished in prison, maintaining his innocence.  But no one was listening.  He had no lawyer, no advocate on the outside. In desperation, he writes a letter to Guardian Ministries, a small nonprofit run by Cullen Post, a lawyer who is also an Episcopal minister.

Guardian accepts only a few innocence cases at a time.  Cullen Post travels the country fighting wrongful convictions and taking on clients forgotten by the system. With Quincy Miller, though, he gets far more than he bargained for. Powerful, ruthless people murdered Keith Russo, and they do not want Quincy Miller exonerated.

They killed one lawyer twenty-two years ago, and they will kill another without a second thought.

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by Janet B. (see profile) 09/15/20

 
  "The Guardians"by Brenda M. (see profile) 06/01/20

I enjoy reading most all of Grisham's titles, but this is one of my all-time favorites! Readers are introduced to the amazing work that innocence lawyers are doing across the country. The main character,... (read more)

 
by Dana K. (see profile) 04/16/20

 
by Myrriah H. (see profile) 02/07/20

 
by Melanie W. (see profile) 01/12/20

 
  "The novel illustrates a problem in our justice system...wrongful convictions!"by Gail R. (see profile) 12/19/19

Grisham knows how to write a book that holds the reader’s attention. Although it is simplistic at times, in its style, and although there is no real action to excite the reader, many of th... (read more)

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