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The Guardians, Grisham’s new legal thriller takes place in Seabrook Florida where a young lawyer, Keith Russo, is shot while working late one night. There are no clues or witnesses but the police eventually tie Quincy Miller, a young black man and former Russo client, to the murder. He spends 22 years of a life sentence with no help from anyone and then he writes a letter to the Guardian Ministries. This lawyer-minister firm is staffed by Cullen Post and a small support group. They take pride in getting innocence people out of prison and take an interest in Quincy’s case. One lawyer was already killed in this case so it will be challenging.
It doesn’t take much work to see that Quincy was framed. It turns out that a Mexican cartel is involved. Grisham has his usual well-tuned plot and some strong scenes. The book seems to be one of his better recent one.
Quotes
Don't compromise yourself - you're all you have.” ...
“In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. ...
“You live your life today, ...
“Some people have more guts than brains.” ...
“If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.” ...
“I'm alone and outgunned, scared and inexperienced, but I'm right.”
More Thoughts on John Grisham
John Grisham writes with authority and it shows. He practiced law in Mississippi and has written 33 novels, and the closer they resonate with the law the more interesting they are.
A story of an innocent man who winds up in prison is one that Grisham would do best and this is a good story, well written.
