John Grisham
61) The confession
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
When Travis Boyette is paroled because of inoperable brain tumor, for the first time in his life, he decides to do the right thing and tell police about a crime he committed and another man is about to be executed for.
62) The brethren
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
In a federal prison, three former judges who call themselves "the brethren" meet in the law library to run a rougher form of justice inside their community and make some money, but when one of their scams derails, they are forced to confront the world of their own creation.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 5
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
250 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
On a field trip to Washington, DC, Theo spots a familiar face on the Metro: Duffy, who jumped bail and was never seen again. Theo's quick thinking helps bring Duffy back to Strattenburg to stand trial. But now that Duffy knows who he is, Theo is in greater danger than he's ever been in before. Even when everything is on the line, Theodore Boone will stop at nothing to make sure a killer is brought to justice.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Future lawyer Theodore Boone finds himself in the middle of a cheating scandal when an anonymous tip leads the Strattenberg school board to investigate suspicious standardized testing scores at another local middle school.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 7
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, New York
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When his best friend Woody is arrested--an unwitting accomplice to a robbery--Theodore Boone must work to prove his innocence"--
Theodore Boone is back on the case in an all-new adventure! Bestselling author John Grisham delivers a page-turning legal thriller for a new generation of readers. Theo has been worried about his good friend Woody Lambert. Woody is struggling at school and making bad choices. But when Woody is arrested--an unwitting accomplice...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
"In suburban Georgetown a killer's Reeboks whisper on the floor of a posh home ... in a seedy D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted to death ... The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated."--Colophon.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
426 pages; 21 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Un thriller lleno de tensión y con una premisa impactante:¿y si un asesino en serie buscado durante más de veinte años fuera un juez en ejercicio? Lacy Stoltz se ha encontrado en numerosas ocasiones frente a problemas de corrupción en su trabajo como investigadora de la Comisión de Conducta Judicial de Florida. Pero nada la ha preparado para el caso que una asustada pero decidida desconocida quiere poner en sus manos. El padre de Jeri Crosby...
68) Tiempo de perdon
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espanol
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Primera edicion.
Physical Desc
649 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
Clanton, Misisipi. 1990. Jake Brigance se ve envuelto en un juicio profundamente divisivo cuando el tribunal lo nombra abogado de Drew Gamble, un tímido muchacho de dieciséis años acusado de asesinar a un diputado local. Muchos en Clanton quieren un juicio rápido y la pena de muerte, pero Brigance investiga y descubre que hay más en la historia de lo que parece. El feroz compromiso de Jake de salvar a Drew de la cámara de gas pone en peligro...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editiorial
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Primera edicion:
Physical Desc
510 pages; 20 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Dos amigos de la infancia. Dos familias. Dos lados opuestos de la ley.
Un apasionante thriller en el que el maestro Grisham lleva su relato a otro nivel, con personajes memorables y giros inesperados que te harán devorar las páginas hasta su asombroso final.
70) La apelación
Author
Publisher
Plaza Janés
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition en Estados Unidos.
Physical Desc
471 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town's water supply, causing the worst "cancer cluster" in history. This shocking thriller of political and legal intrigue will leave readers unable to think about America's judicial system in quite the same way ever again.
71) La confesi©đn
Author
Series
Bestseller) volume 412/19
Publisher
Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Primera edicion con esta presentacion.
Physical Desc
502 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
Español
73) Sooley
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
445 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
74) El estafador
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Primera edición Vintage Español.
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
When a federal judge and his secretary fail to appear for a scheduled trial and panicked clerks call for an FBI investigation, a harrowing murder case ensues and culminates in the imprisonment of a lawyer who imparts the story of who killed the judge and why.
" ... El cadáver del juez fue hallado en su cabaña a la orilla de un lago. La entrada no había sido forzada. Lo único que encontraron fueron dos cuerpos sin vida: el del juez y el de su...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
475 pages ; 20 cm
Language
Español
Description
"The Great Recession of 2008 left many young professionals out of work. Promising careers were suddenly ended as banks, hedge funds, and law firms engaged in mass lay-offs and brutal belt tightening. Samantha Kofer was a third year associate at Scully & Pershing, New York City's largest law firm. Two weeks after Lehman Brothers collapsed, she lost her job, her security, and her future. A week later she was working as an unpaid intern in a legal aid...
77) El soborno
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Primera edición Vintage Español.
Physical Desc
428 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Lacy Stoltz es una joven investigadora y abogada de Florida, y su trabajo consiste en responder a las demandas relacionadas con la mala praxis judicial. Tras nueve años en el puesto, sabe que la mayor parte de los problemas derivan de incompetencias. De repente le llega un caso de corrupción. Greg Myers afirma conocer un juez de Florida que ha robado más dinero que el resto de los jueces poco honestos juntos. Estaba involucrado en secreto con...
Author
Publisher
Sudamericana
Pub. Date
2013, c2008
Physical Desc
460 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Dos jueces del Tribunal Supremo son asesinados horas después el uno del otro, y Darby Shaw, una estudiante de derecho en Tulane, cree que tiene la respuesta. Ella prepara un informe meticuloso y especulativo que construye un caso sólido contra un sospechoso por sorpresa, un sospechoso con amigos poderosos que la quiere a ella y a su breve de una vez por todas para siempre.
Two supreme court justices are murdered within hours of each other, and...