Short description
A collection of stories connected by the life and crimes of Ford County - a place of harsh beauty where broken dreams and final wishes converge - in which a mercy mission that is hilariously sidetracked by human weakness; a manipulative death row inmate with one last plea; and, a small town divorce attorney who suddenly hits pay dirt.
Long description
Master thriller writer and worldwide Number 1 bestseller John Grisham takes you into the heart of America's Deep South with a collection of stories connected by the life and crimes of Ford County: a place of harsh beauty where broken dreams and final wishes converge. A mercy mission that is hilariously sidetracked by human weakness; a manipulative death row inmate with one last plea; a small town divorce attorney who suddenly hits pay dirt; a man that sets out to break a casino to revenge a broken heart; a kidnapped lawyer who is confronted with one of his previous cases at gun point; a conman who preys on the rich and elderly; the boy dying of AIDS who finds mercy across the tracks in downtown Clanton: the sum total of human life is brilliantly captured in Grisham's unique evocation of lives lived and lost in Mississippi. Frequently moving, often hilarious, and always entertaining, Ford County brims with the same page-turning quality and irresistible narrative of his previous bestsellers, and is proof once more why John Grisham is our most popular storyteller.
Review
Ford County is the best writing John Grisham has ever done.
--Pat Conroy
John Grisham is about as good a storyteller as we've got.
--The New York Times Book Review