A Time To Kill (John Grisham)

A Time To Kill

John Grisham 

Blurb: A town where murder follows justice. 

When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the hoodlums who have raped his ten-year-old child, the people of Clanton see it as a crime of blood and call for his acquittal. 

But when extremists outside Clanton hear that a black man has killed two  white men, they invade town, determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes their sense of justice.

Jake Brigance has been hired to defend Hailey. It's the kind of case that can make or break a young lawyer. But in the maelstrom of Clanton, it is also the kind of case that could get a young lawyer killed.

ISBN: 9781846056185 (Paperback)

Year: 1989

Publisher: Century

Pages: 415 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page 

2. Author's official site

3. Goodreads page

4. Buy from Amazon

5. IMDB for the film adaption

Private Games -Private Series #3 (James Patterson and Mark Sullivan)

Private Games (Private Series #3)

James Patterson and Mark Sullivan

Blurb: The Olympic Games are under attack. Only Private, the world's most exclusive detective agency, can save them.

The world is watching.

July 2012: The Games have arrived in London. Preparations have gone flawlessly and the stage is set for one of the greatest ever showcases of sporting excellence. But one man has a devastating plan. Having waited years for this chance, he is now ready for vengeance.

A killer is plotting.

When Sir Denton Marshall, a key member of the London Olympic organising committee, is found decapitated in his garden, Peter Knight, head of Private London, is called to the scene. Private are working with the organising committee on the security for the Games, so Denton Marshall was a valuable client. But there is a more personal link: Marshall was also the fiance of Knight's mother.

The time for vengeance has come.

Having only recently lost close friends and colleagues at Private London in a fatal plane crash, this is another torturous blow for Knight and threatens to push him over the edge. But is soon becomes clear that Denton Marshall's murder is no isolated incident, and that the killer's number one target is the Games itself.

As the most talented athletes in the world gather in London, Knight knows he must find Sir Denton's killer. Thousands of lives are at stake...

ISBN: 9781846059742 (Paperback)

Year: 2012

Publisher: Century

Pages: 409 (Fiction)

Links

1. Goodreads page

2. Buy from Amazon

3. Author's official page

4. Review

5. Mark Sullivan's official site

Postcard Killers (James Patterson & Liza Marklund)

Postcard Killers

James Patterson & Liza Marklund

Blurb: NYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe's most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren't what draw him - he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of his daughter's killer.

Kanon's daughter, Kimmy, and her fiance were murdered while on holiday in Rome. Since then, young couples in Madrid, Salzburg, Amsterdam, Berlin, Athens and Paris have been found dead. Little connects the murders, other than a postcard sent to the local newspaper prior to each attack.

Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter, Dessie Larsson, who has just received a postcard in Stockholm - and they think they know where the next victims will be.

ISBN: 9781846057670 (Paperback)

Year: 2010

Publisher: Century

Pages: 420 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Blog on the book

3. Another review

4. Author's official site

5. Google books page

Private (James Patterson with Maxine Paetro)

Private

James Patterson with Maxine Paetro

Blurb: The police can't help you, the press will destroy you. Only one place to turn: Private.

Former US Marine Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. It is where you go when you need maximum force and maximum discretion. The secrets of the most influential men and women on the planet come to Jack daily - and his staff of investigators use the world's most advanced forensic tools to make and break their cases.

In L.A., Jack is already deep into the investigation of a multimillion-dollar NFL gambling scandal and the unsolved slayings of eighteen schoolgirls, when he learns of a horrific murder close to home: his best friend's wife, Jack's former lover, has been killed. It nearly pushes him over the edge. Instead, Jack pushes back and devotes all of Private's resources to tracking down her killer.

But Jack doesn't have to play by the rules. As he closes in on the killer and chooses between revenge and justice, Morgan has to navigate a workplace love affair that threatens to blow the roof off his plans.

With a plot that moves at death-defying speeds, Private is James Patterson's sleekest, most exciting thriller ever.

ISBN: 9781846057694 (Paperback)

Year: 2010

Publisher: Century

Pages: 385 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's official site

2. Buy from Amazon

3. Review of the book

4. Wikipedia page for the author

5. Google books page