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The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief
Oct 10, 2024 9:29 PM

Author:John Grisham

The Pelican Brief

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Two Supreme Court Justices are dead, their murders unsolved.

But one woman might have found the answer – if she can live to tell it.

Darby Shaw is a brilliant New Orleans legal student with a sharp political mind. For her own amusement, she draws up a legal brief showing how the judges might have been murdered for political reasons, and shows it to her professor. He shows it to his friend, an FBI lawyer.

Then the professor dies in a car bombing.

And Darby realises that her brief, which pointed to a vast presidential conspiracy, might be right. Someone is intent on silencing Darby for good - somebody who will stop at nothing to preserve the secrets of the Pelican Brief...

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Invigorating Iceland-set slice of Nordic Noir

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A chilling psychological thriller with an unexpected ending that will haunt the reader

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Haunting psychological novel tinged with the supernatural

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Lean, compulsive. Great stories that combine traditional puzzle-solving of the golden age crime fiction with a moody expansive psychology

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Fiendishy clever trilogy

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A mist-shrouded blend of horror and psychological thriller . . . works in every way. The isolated village and the pre-smartphone 1980s setting create a sense of claustrophobia that combines with the villagers' secrecy and the hint of supernatural elements to infuse strong foreboding throughout what is ultimately revealed to be a story about trust

—— Booklist

The Icelandic king of crime

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A deeply atmospheric mystery

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Few among the country's authors match Jonasson in conveying insular abandonment . . . excellent

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Ragnar Jonasson's impeccable plotting is really a wonder of the crime genre . . . a masterfully conceived horror novel

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Perfect for anyone who loves Nordic crime noir, the colder the better. The writing really brings alive a bleak, cold environment in which Una is struggling to survive and maintain her sanity

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A demonic piece of horror

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Triumphant . . . Chilling, creepy, perceptive, almost unbearably tense

—— Ian Rankin

Triumphant conclusion to the trilogy. Only Ragnar Jónasson has rendered hindsight so heartbreaking.

—— Sunday Times (on the Hidden Iceland trilogy)

Is this the best crime writer in the world today? . . . He's truly a master of his genre

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Jónasson is an automatic must-read for me . . . possibly the best Scandi writer working today

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It is nothing less than a landmark in modern crime fiction

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A world-class crime writer. One of the most astonishing plots of modern crime fiction. A triumphant conclusion to the trilogy [that] makes Iceland's pre-eminence in the crime genre even more marked

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The red hot crime writer from the frozen north . . . One of the most important voices on the international crime scene

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A master of the Icelandic thriller.

—— New York Post

Invigorating Iceland-set slice of Nordic Noir.

—— Daily Mail

Compelling and challenging, A Slow Fire Burning explores the damage caused by betrayal and loss, and how this can manifest in disturbing acts of revenge and retribution. The author's first novel for four years is worth the wait and certain to cement her status as a publishing phenomenon.

—— Sunday Express

Shocking, moving, full of heart ... deeply layered and intricately plotted ... A Slow Fire Burning shows a writer at the height of her powers

—— The Observer

This tense and irresistible read is best binged in one sitting

—— Heat

Intricately interwoven plots and subplots, propulsive twists and a neat finale, a deliciously easy psycho drama to hungrily tear through.

—— Evening Standard

A brilliant read

—— Bella magazine

A psychological thriller that begins with a death on a canal boat and involves a cadre of shifty, damaged characters.

—— The i Paper

A multi-layered mystery simmering with secrets, resentments and griefs.

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