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Zusatztext A suspenseful page-turner. Informationen zum Autor John Grisham as a child dreamed of being a professional baseball player. After graduating from law school at Ole Miss in 1981, he went on to practice law for nearly a decade, specialising in criminal defense and personal injury litigation. One day, Grisham overheard the harrowing testimony of a twelve-year-old rape victim and was inspired to start a novel exploring what would have happened if the girl's father had murdered her assailants. Getting up at 5 a.m. every day to get in several hours of writing time before heading off to work, Grisham spent three years on A Time to Kill and finished it in 1987. His next novel, The Firm , spent 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list and became the bestselling novel of 1991. Since then, he has written one novel a year, including The Client, The Pelican Brief, The Rainmaker and The Runaway Jury . Today, Grisham has written a collection of stories, a work of non-fiction, three sports novels, five kids' books, and many legal thrillers. His work has been translated into 42 languages. He lives near Charlottesville, Virginia. Klappentext A new case and a new adventure for precocious young lawyer, Theodore Boone. His best friend, April disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night. The police are hitting dead-ends and fear ripples through the small town. It's up to Theo to use his legal knowledge and investigative skills to get to the truth and save April. 'Not since Nancy Drew has a nosy, crime-obsessed kid been so hard to resist' "New York Times" Following on from the number one bestseller Theodore Boone , John Grisham delivers high intensity legal drama for a new generation of readers. Zusammenfassung Following on from the number one bestseller Theodore Boone, John Grisham delivers high intensity legal drama for a new generation of readers.
