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The Street Lawyer
The Street Lawyer
Apr 22, 2025 12:11 PM

Author:John Grisham

The Street Lawyer

A gripping legal thriller from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author and creator of Sooley and The Judge's List.

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Michael Brock is a man in the fast lane.

He's a rising star at Drake & Sweeney, a giant Washington law firm. No time to waste, no time to help those in need. No time for a conscience.

But when a violent encounter with a homeless man stops him cold, Brock is forced to confront the truth about who he really works for. What he finds is a shocking violation of the rights of the homeless, with Drake & Sweeney at the centre, and suddenly his conscience begins to stir.

To do the right thing, Brock must put himself in the firing line and uncover his employer's most dangerous secrets.

But is he willing to risk it all?

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'A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' - Irish Independent

'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction' - Jodi Picoult

'The best thriller writer alive' - Ken Follett

'John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers' - Telegraph

'Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller' - The Times

'Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.' - Daily Record

'Masterful - when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating' - Mirror

'A giant of the thriller genre' - TimeOut

Reviews

'Evokes Auld Reekie so vividly that you can feel the cold in your bones and the menace of the Old Town's dark corners'

—— Financial Times

Praise for Jørn Lier Horst

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Tense, fast-paced . . . compelling

—— Sunday Times

Relentlessly exciting . . . creates a sense of real menace

—— The Times

Jørn Lier Horst writes some of the best Scandinavian crime fiction available. His books are superbly plotted and addictive, the characters wonderfully realised

—— Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

One of the very best novels that [Lier Horst] has ever written . . . Thrilling. Jørn Lier Horst elevates his and Wisting's universe to a whole other level

—— Nettavisen, Norway

Atmospheric. Demonstrates why he has become so popular . . . A powerful portrait of a barbaric criminal underworld that exploits society's most vulnerable

—— Herald

A Kiss After Dying is a fast, energetic revenge thriller with a roaring engine and twists for miles. Buckle up for some old-school smiting, where the sins of the father are thoroughly, ruthlessly punished.

—— Steph Cha , author of Your House Will Pay

An isolated house in the snowy woods, a cat-and-mouse chase, a story packed with secrets where nobody is what they seem ... I loved the flashbacks expertly woven into the tale to reveal the dark secrets of a relationship

—— ALLIE REYNOLDS

Brutal, tense, and utterly compelling, Laure Van Rensburg is an electrifying new voice

—— LOUISE O'NEILL

Not an exaggeration to say this left me breathless - a relentlessly tense revenge thriller that's as beautifully written as it is savage and twisty

—— KATIE LOWE

Misery meets Malcolm and Marie... An intoxicating, head-spinning and heavy-hitting revenge thriller

—— HOLLY SEDDON

Nobody But Us is unapologetically brutal, clever and raw: a psychological thriller that stabs a razor-sharp knife into the bruising issue of consent (and - for good measure - gives it a twist) while pursuing a page-turning game of cat-and-mouse in the most evocative of settings

—— PHILIPPA EAST

I raced through Nobody But Us in a couple of days. It's a tense cat and mouse thriller and I enjoyed being toyed with...

—— LAURA PEARSON

A propulsive thriller that is atmospheric and haunting, with so many twists that it left me breathless. At the core of the story is a rage-fuelled message, a cry of fury that demands to be heard. A triumph of a novel

—— JESSE Q. SUTANTO

Devoured this in a day. It's the reading equivalent of a 'hall of mirrors' where nothing is as it appears. Once you start reading, you can't stop

—— JULIE OWEN MOYLAN

Superbly written, so sharp, descript and cunning. Deliciously dark and utterly addictive.

—— LOUISE BEECH

Beautifully savage and cunningly sharp, Nobody But Us is destined to become your next obsession. The almost unbearable tension will trap you with Ellie and Steven in their twisted relationship where nothing is as it seems. Trust no one in this electrifying debut, and prepare to be completely consumed

—— LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN

Inspired by real stories and events shared during the MeToo movement, the cat-and-mouse power struggle between the pair will force you to decide whose version of history you believe

—— Woman

I raced through this pacy zeitgeist thriller...for those who love their books dark, twisty and a tiny bit deranged (in a good way!)'

—— ROSIE ANDREWS

Nobody But Us is such an addictive thriller filled with secrets and mind games and never knowing who to trust. But it's also chilling and beautifully written with a powerful message at its heart. This is one book I won't be able to stop thinking about for a long time

—— Claire Douglas, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Girls Who Disappeared'

Full of corkscrew twists and subtle turns, this...novel confirms Lodge as a gifted writer

—— Daily Mail

Clever, pacy, well-written and utterly gripping

—— C.L. Taylor

Taut, tense and deliciously dark, C.J. Tudor's post-apocalyptic thrill ride is unmissable

—— TIM WEAVER
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