![]() Enter Wall Street billionaire and chemical company owner Carl Trudeau, who purchases a court seat with pocket change-a few million dollars. The chemical company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, though lawyers don't anticipate a favorable outcome. After a protracted trial and agonizing deliberations, the jury finally delivers its verdict. ![]() ![]() On the other side of this battle is the chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into the water supply. The husband-and-wife legal team of Wes and Mary Grace Payton is representing Jeannette Baker in an effort to prove that her son and husband died as a result of contaminated water. When the verdict is announced in the novel's first chapter, readers are immediately thrown into the case and the controversy that surrounds it. ![]() The novel finds Grisham in familiar territory-the courtroom-but it begins in an unconventional way: with the end. Making a move that is guaranteed to delight his fans, John Grisham returns to form with his first legal thriller in three years, The Appeal. ![]()
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