Item: The Guardians
Rating: 4.00
Author: pagesbycyndy

by John Grisham

The Sunday Times bestseller from international bestseller John Grisham.

'Grisham at his passionate best' - Daily Mail

He was framed for murder.
Now he needs a miracle.

22 years ago Quincy Miller was sentenced to life without parole. He was accused of killing Keith Russo, a lawyer in a small Florida town. But there were no reliable witnesses and little motive. Just the fact that Russo had botched Quincy's divorce case, that Quincy was black in a largely all-white town and that a blood-splattered torch was found in the boot of Quincy's car. A torch he swore was planted. A torch that was conveniently destroyed in a fire just before his trial.

The lack of evidence made no difference to judge or jury. In the eyes of the law Quincy was guilty and, no matter how often he protested his innocence, his punishment was life in prison.

Finally, after 22 years, comes Quincy's one and only chance of freedom. An innocence lawyer and minister, Cullen Post, takes on his case. Post has exonerated eight men in the last ten years. He intends to make Quincy the next.

But there were powerful and ruthless people behind Russo's murder. They prefer that an innocent man dies in jail rather than one of them. There's one way to guarantee that. They killed one lawyer 22 years ago, and they'll kill another without a second thought.

Praise for John Grisham's THE GUARDIANS:

'A canny and engrossing blend of two types of Grisham novel: enough of the familiar formula of a single lawsuit in a single town, mixed with a more picaresque and multistranded approach that has the significant advantage of taking in a wider swathe of America' - The Sunday Times

'Delivered with all his signature easy, flowing style. A past master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos, Grisham makes this a deceptively easy read' - Irish Independent

'This is typical Grisham: speedy, gripping, very good at conveying the complexities of the law in a digestible way' - Sunday Express

'Speedy and gripping' - Daily Mirror

350+ million copies, 45 languages, 9 blockbuster films:
NO ONE WRITES DRAMA LIKE JOHN GRISHAM

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

The Guardians

by John Grisham

Reviewed by pagesbycyndy on Apr 29, 2020

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