Rogue Lawyer: The breakneck and gripping legal thriller from the international bestselling author of suspense

John Grisham

Oct 2015 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

'The best thriller writer alive' - Ken Follett

Sometimes you have to fight dirty to get clean.

Sebastian Rudd takes the cases no one else wants to take: the drug-addled punk accused of murdering two little girls; a crime lord on death row; a homeowner accused of shooting at a SWAT team.

Rudd believes that every person accused of a crime is entitled to a fair trial - even if he has to cheat to get one. He antagonises people from both sides of the law: his last office was firebombed, either by drug dealers or cops. He doesn't know or care which.

But things are about to get even more complicated for Sebastian. Arch Swanger is the prime suspect in the abduction and presumed murder of 21-year-old Jiliana Kemp, the daughter of the assistant chief of police. When Swanger asks Sebastian to represent him, he lets Sebastian in on a terrible secret . . . one that will threaten everything Sebastian holds dear.

What readers are saying about ROGUE LAWYER

'Brilliant and Blistering!' - 5 STARS

'John Grisham at his very best' - 5 STARS

'Best Grisham novel . . . so far!' - 5 STARS


350+ million copies, 45 languages, 9 blockbuster films:
NO ONE WRITES DRAMA LIKE JOHN GRISHAM

Ratings and reviews

I enjoyed this book but it is very disjointed. All of the stories get a former of resolution but Sebastian Rudd never gets the win! I feel Grisham will return to this character in the near future. It actually has TV series written all over it! So in short, decent but certainly not a classic Grisham.

Grisham returns to what he is really good at, telling stories about lawyers and the people they represent. This is un-put-downable. A compelling storyline with characters that you can either hate, wonder at or sympathise with. Brilliant.

I gave up after 100 pages. Plot went NO WHERE. irrelevant and boring details put me to sleep. The book annoyed and frustrated me. I hated it. Complete waste of money.

About the author

Beginning with The Firm in 1991, John Grisham has published at least one #1 bestseller every year. His books have been translated into 45 languages and have sold over 350 million copies worldwide. Ten have been adapted to film, including The Firm, The Pelican Brief, and A Time To Kill. His Theodore Boone series for young readers is now in development at Netflix. An avid sports fan, he has written two novels about football, one about baseball, and in 2021 he published Sooley, a story set in the world of college basketball. His lone work of non-fiction, The Innocent Man, was adapted into a six-part Netflix docuseries. 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. When he's not writing, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Innocence Project and Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his recent fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice systems. A graduate of Mississippi State University and Ole Miss Law School, he lives on a farm in central Virginia, around the corner from the youth baseball complex he built in 1996. He still serves as its Commissioner.