The Guardians: A Novel

by John Grisham

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A classic legal thriller—with a twist. • "A suspenseful thriller mixed with powerful themes such as false incarceration, the death penalty and how the legal system shows prejudice.” —Associated Press

In the small Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues. There were no witnesses, no one with a motive. But the police soon came to suspect Quincy Miller, a young Black man who was once a client of Russo’s. 

Quincy was tried, convicted, and sent to prison for life. For twenty-two years he languished in prison, maintaining his innocence. But no one was listening. He had no lawyer, no advocate on the outside. In desperation, he writes a letter to Guardian Ministries, a small nonprofit run by Cullen Post, a lawyer who is also an Episcopal minister.

Guardian accepts only a few innocence cases at a time. Cullen Post travels the country fighting wrongful convictions and taking on clients forgotten by the system. With Quincy Miller, though, he gets far more than he bargained for. Powerful, ruthless people murdered Keith Russo, and they do not want Quincy Miller exonerated.

They killed one lawyer twenty-two years ago, and they will kill another without a second thought.

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• ISBN10: 0385544189
• ISBN13: 9780385544184
• Publish Date: 15 October 2019
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Imprint: Doubleday & Co Inc.
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 384
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780385544184

Reviews

[pagesbycyndy]

This is all about miscarriages of justice that happen to the people of the world  that have no resources but The Guardians, a secretive group that works to right the wrongs that have been done to people wrongfully convicted, work to make justice happen for them. With all the usua suspense and twists , turns and surprises, I enjoyed listening to this tale. The narration was top notch, the narrator did a fantastic job of making me feel like each character was completely their own. Cullen Post is a very believable character, a burnt out lawyer turned minister, not exactly down on his luck more so tired from the life that he had before he started his work with The Guardians.

I could not ask for a better tale by this author to keep me on the edge of my seat as to what would happen next. This story is full of suspense and will have you asking yourself does this really happen more often that not?

This subject and book were well researched you can tell just by listening to this book. I was completely involved in this story and recommend this for fans of Suspense/Thrillers.

This review was originally posted on Cindy’s Book Stacks

[thebookdisciple]

Really well written fiction story that could easily be true. If you have read the true crime book The Cadaver King and the country Dentist, which Grisham writes the forward to, you will find some similarities. I was appalled by what The Cadaver king revealed about justice in Mississippi. I really hope that Grisham turns this into a series-I need more of Guardian Ministries!
Audiobook was fabulously narrated as well.