#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham is the acclaimed master of the legal
thriller. Now he’s back with his first-ever whodunit even more suspenseful than his courtroom
dramas as a small-time lawyer accused of murder races to find the real killer to clear his
name. “A classic compulsive taut and thrilling novel from one of the great storytellers of
our time. The Widow is John Grisham at his irresistible unforgettable best.”—Chris Whitaker
author of All the Colors of the Dark Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia making just
enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks
Eleanor Barnett an elderly widow in need of a new will. Apparently her husband left her a
small fortune and no one knows about it. Once he hooks the richest client of his career
Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar. But soon her story begins to crack.
When she is hospitalized after a car accident Simon realizes that nothing is as it seems and
he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn’t commit: murder. Simon knows he’s
innocent. But he also knows the circumstantial evidence is against him and he could spend the
rest of his life behind bars. To save himself he must find the real killer….
