The Pelican Brief (1992)

Authored by John Grisham
Original language: English
Genre: Legal thriller
436 pages

Another story in bookstore, somehow I'm getting bored of telling how I could find this or that book haha.. Let's skip it

Just like the other books by John Grisham, this book is also about law.

The blurb~

In suburban Georgetown a killer’s Reeboks whisper on the front floor of a posh home… In D.C. a patron is swiftly garroted to death… The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And in New Orleans, a young law student prepares a legal brief… To Darby Shaw it was no more than a legal shot in the dark, a brilliant guess. To the Washington establishment it was political dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder — a murder intended for her. Going underground, she finds there is only one person she can trust — an ambitious reporter after a news break hotter than Watergate — to help her piece together the deadly puzzle. Somewhere between the bayous of Louisiana and the White House’s inner sanctums, a violent cover-up is being engineered. For someone has read Darby’s brief. Someone who will stop at nothing to destroy the evidence of an unthinkable crime.

"The Pelican Brief" is an interesting book with good twists and plot. But somehow I didn't know why Darby's running until mid (maybe) into the book when the author finally reveals what's written on the brief. I want to read more John Grisham's novels. Love the book better than the movie, it tells much more details. Though "The Pelican Brief" isn't as good as "The Firm", I think everyone should read it :)