A Widow, a Fortune - and a Fatal Trap
Small-town lawyer Simon Latch thinks he’s struck gold when an elderly widow claims a secret $20 million stash. But as cracks appear and bodies fall, he’s the one in the dock. A taut Grisham legal thriller where greed meets murder.
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A Widow, a Fortune - and a Fatal Trap
Small-town lawyer Simon Latch thinks he’s struck gold when an elderly widow claims a secret $20 million stash. But as cracks appear and bodies fall, he’s the one in the dock. A taut Grisham legal thriller where greed meets murder.
- Book Synopsis
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The new incredible legal thriller from John Grisham.
She needs a lawyer. He needs a payday. Simon Latch is a small-town lawyer struggling with debt, gambling issues, and an impending divorce. But when Eleanor Barnett, an 85-year-old widow, visits his office to secure a new will, it seems his luck has finally changed: she claims she's sitting on a $20 million fortune and no one else knows about it.
She could be the ticket to his fortune. Once he's hooked the richest client of his career, Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar, even from his own assistant. But there are complications: other lawyers are circling his client like vultures.
But when she is hospitalised after a car accident, Eleanor's story begins to crack. Simon realises that nothing is as it seems. And as events spiral out of control, he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn't commit: murder.
The Widow is classic Grisham courtroom drama combined with a confounding murder mystery that will enthral his legion of fans.
- About The Author
- Since The Firm in 1991, John Grisham has published a number one bestseller every year. His books have been translated into 45 languages and have sold over 350 million copies worldwide. Nine have been adapted to film, including The Firm, The Pelican Brief and A Time To Kill. His first work of non-fiction, The Innocent Man, was adapted into a six-part Netflix docuseries; his second, Framed, highlights work with organisations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. He is the two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was distinguished with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction. John lives on a farm in central Virginia.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781399703352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton, (21 October 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 416
- Weight
- 508 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 230 x 152 x 34 mm
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