Sparring Partners

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ΓÇó John Grisham is the acknowledged master of the legal thriller. In his first collection of novellas,law is a common threadbut AmericaΓÇÖs favorite storyteller has several surprises in store. ΓÇ£HomecomingΓÇ¥ takes us back to Ford Countythe fictional setting of many of John GrishamΓÇÖs unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is backbut heΓÇÖs not in the courtroom. HeΓÇÖs called upon to help an old friendMack Stafforda former lawyer in Clantonwho three years earlier became a local legend when he stole money from his clientsdivorced his wifefiled for bankruptcyand left his family in the middle of the nightnever to be heard from againΓÇöuntil now. Now Mack is backand heΓÇÖs leaning on his old palsJake and Harry Rexto help him return. His homecoming does not go as planned. In ΓÇ£Strawberry MoonΓÇ¥ we meet Cody Wallacea young death row inmate only three hours away from execution. His lawyers canΓÇÖt save himthe courts slam the doorand the governor says no to a last-minute request for clemency. As the clock winds downCody has one final request. The ΓÇ£Sparring PartnersΓÇ¥ are the Malloy brothersKirk and Rustytwo successful young lawyers who inherited a once prosperous firm when its foundertheir fatherwas sent to prison. Kirk and Rusty loathe each otherand speak to each other only when necessary. As the firm disintegratesthe resulting fiasco falls into the lap of Diantha Bradshawthe only person the partners trust. Can she save the Malloysor does she take a stand for the first time in her career and try to save herself? By turns suspensefulhilariouspowerfuland movingthese are three of the greatest stories John Grisham has ever told.