The Widow

The new incredible legal thriller from John Grisham.<p></p><p></p>She needs a lawyer. He needs a payday.<p></p><p></p>Simon Latch is a small-town lawyer struggling with debt, gambling issues and an impending divorce. But when Eleanor Barnett, an 85-year-old widow, visits his office to secure a new will, it seems his luck has finally changed: she claims she's sitting on a $20 million fortune and no one else knows about it.<p></p><p></p>She could be the ticket to his fortune.<p></p><p></p>Once he's hooked the richest client of his career, Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar, even from his own assistant. But there are complications: other lawyers are circling his client like vultures.<p></p><p></p> But when she is hospitalised after a car accident, Eleanor's story begins to crack. Simon realises that nothing is as it seems. And as events spiral out of control, he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn't commit: murder.<p></p><p></p>The Widow is classic Grisham courtroom drama combined with a confounding murder mystery that will enthral his legion of fans.