Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him. In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark tobacco trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake beginsroutinely, then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely, and at least one juroris convinced he’s being watched. Soon they have to be sequestered. Then a tip from an anonymousyoung woman suggests she is able to predict the jurors’ increasingly odd behavior. Is the jury somehow being manipulated, or even controlled? If so, by whom? And, more important, why?
BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from John Grisham’s The Litigators.
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Summary
Overall The Runaway Jury by John Grisham 464 pages published in 1996 Back to Mississippi in this legal thriller. A tobacco trial with huge implications. Indications of possible jury tampering emerge. The courtroom and the verdict may be manipulated…can you trust the verdict? This is a really fun read. Grisham’s courtroom knowledge and legal knowledge allow him to pen an intriguing storyline…a must read too!