BEST FRIENDS. DEADLY ENEMIES.
Keith Rudy and Hugh Malco were once like brothers.
But as they grew up in the lawless city of Biloxi, their lives took very different paths. Rudy enrolled in law school and vowed to rid Biloxi of crime; Malco worked in his father's clubs, seduced by a world of money, violence and corruption.
The Malco family considers itself above the law: until a court case threatens to destroy their empire. And Rudy will be the one to prosecute them.
It's friend against friend - and there can only be one winner...
350+ million copies, 45 languages, 10 blockbuster films: JOHN GRISHAM IS THE MASTER OF THE LEGAL THRILLER
Read MoreInvites comparisons with the Godfather trilogy - it spans two generations and several postwar decades - and has a vast cast and a winning energy - The Sunday TimesNo one . . . writes courtroom dramas like Grisham . . . As ever with Grisham there are corkscrew twists and turns as he ratchets up the suspense. It is exceptional story-telling, which leaves the reader begging for the novel never to end. Grisham has sold more than 300 million copies of his work. This shows exactly why - Daily MailGrisham nails a thriller with a great human backstory once again - Peterborough TelegraphGrisham has been stretching his wings in recent books. Having ventured into cosy crime, he now takes on a full-blown Godfather-type saga . . . It's a story that spans half a century and ends inevitably in a courtroom showdown. A morally complex, compelling and illuminating read - Mail on SundayCaptivates the reader from the off . . . Grisham's trademarks abound: a talent for storytelling that whips the plot along, a vivid cast of characters - testy judges, put-upon mothers, corrupt cops and vicious thugs . . . He writes with verve and skill. A cracking read - Irish IndependentGrisham took over Turow's mantle as America's legal thriller master and he is on good form in this story about childhood pals who take different paths as adults . . . Slick - The Suna hair-raising legal showdown by the brilliant, prolific master of the courtroom drama - Saga MagazineA white-knuckle courtroom drama - Irish Independent