The Pelican Brief
by John Grisham | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0440214041 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0440214041 Global Overview for this book
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I got this book at the Yesterday's Rose Thrift Shop in Fairfax, Virginia on Sunday, April 19th. Once a month they have a sale on books and you get all the books you can pack into a paper bag for $5 per bag. This is one of the books that I thought would be interesting to read and/or release!
From the back cover:
In suburban Georgetown a killer's Reeboks whisper on the floor of a posh home...
In a seedy D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted to death...
The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And in New Orleans, a young law student prepares a legal brief...
To Darby Shaw it was no more than a legal shot in the dark, a brilliant guess. To the Washington establishment it was polital dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder - a murder intended for her. Going underground, she finds there is only one person she can trust - an ambitious reporter after a newsbreak bigger than Watergate - to help her piece together the deadly puzzle. Somewhere between the bayous of Louisiana and the White House's inner sanctums, a violent cover-up is being engineered. For someone has read Darby's brief. Someone who will stop at nothing to destroy the evidence of an unthinkable crime.
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I read a different copy of this book in May 2007 and here are the comments that I had at that time.
This book was quite interesting in the conspiracy theory sort of way. I thought that the chase scenes where Darby is running for her life were interesting as the bad guys were always on her heels.
The problem that I had with this book was that it took a little bit too long to get to the point sometimes. There was just too much details in some spots and not enough action. This book could have lost a chase scene or two and cut out a hundred pages and still been as good.
John Grisham is an exciting writer and I am enjoying reading his collection of works.
In a seedy D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted to death...
The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And in New Orleans, a young law student prepares a legal brief...
To Darby Shaw it was no more than a legal shot in the dark, a brilliant guess. To the Washington establishment it was polital dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder - a murder intended for her. Going underground, she finds there is only one person she can trust - an ambitious reporter after a newsbreak bigger than Watergate - to help her piece together the deadly puzzle. Somewhere between the bayous of Louisiana and the White House's inner sanctums, a violent cover-up is being engineered. For someone has read Darby's brief. Someone who will stop at nothing to destroy the evidence of an unthinkable crime.
I read a different copy of this book in May 2007 and here are the comments that I had at that time.
This book was quite interesting in the conspiracy theory sort of way. I thought that the chase scenes where Darby is running for her life were interesting as the bad guys were always on her heels.
The problem that I had with this book was that it took a little bit too long to get to the point sometimes. There was just too much details in some spots and not enough action. This book could have lost a chase scene or two and cut out a hundred pages and still been as good.
John Grisham is an exciting writer and I am enjoying reading his collection of works.
This book was released for the 2009 Movie/TV Books Release Challenge from the release challenge forum.
This is release #77 for this challenge.
This is release #77 for this challenge.
This book was released for the 2009 You’re Such An Animal Challenge from the Release Challenges forum.
The goal of this challenge is to release books with the name of an animal in the title. Can you find the animal in the title of this book? Don’t forget to look for embedded words!
This is release #14 for this challenge.
The goal of this challenge is to release books with the name of an animal in the title. Can you find the animal in the title of this book? Don’t forget to look for embedded words!
This is release #14 for this challenge.
This book was released for the Words to Release By Challenge from the Release Challenges forum.
The goal of this challenge is to theme the location of the release with a word in the title of the book. The animal challenge combined with a trip to the zoo made this challenge very easy.
This is release #12 for this challenge.
The goal of this challenge is to theme the location of the release with a word in the title of the book. The animal challenge combined with a trip to the zoo made this challenge very easy.
This is release #12 for this challenge.
This book is being counted for the 2009 Track Your Challenge Releases from the release challenge forum. This book is being released for one or more other challenges.
This is release #796 for the year that qualifies for this challenge.
This is release #796 for the year that qualifies for this challenge.
Journal Entry 7 by crrcookie at National Zoo in Washington, District of Columbia USA on Monday, September 14, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (9/13/2009 UTC) at National Zoo in Washington, District of Columbia USA
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