Guardians

The Sunday Times bestseller, an international bestseller. “Gresham at his most passionate.” - Daily Mail. He was tried for murder. Now he needed a miracle. Twenty-two years ago, Quincy Miller was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He was accused of murdering Keith Russo, a lawyer from a small town in Florida. But there were no credible witnesses, and the motive was weak. All that mattered was that Russo had botched Quincy’s divorce, that Quincy was Black in a predominantly white town, and that a blood-stained torch was found in the trunk of Quincy’s car. A torch he swore had been planted. A torch that had been easily destroyed in a fire just before his trial. The lack of evidence made no difference to the judge or jury. In the eyes of the law, Quincy was guilty, and however often he pleaded innocence, his sentence was life in prison. Finally, after 22 years, comes Quincy’s one and only chance at freedom. Colin Post, the exoneration lawyer and Attorney General, takes on his case. Post has exonerated eight men in the past ten years, and he intends to make Quincy next. But powerful and ruthless people were behind Russo's murder. They would rather have an innocent man die in prison than one of their own. There's only one way to guarantee that. They killed one lawyer 22 years ago, and they'll kill another without a second thought. Praise for John Grisham's *Watchmen*: "A deft and engaging blend of two Grishamian genres: enough of the familiar formula of a single lawsuit in a single city, mixed with a more daring, multifaceted approach that has the considerable advantage of covering a wider cross-section of America." - The Sunday Times "Delivered in all his characteristically easy, flowing style. A master of the art of skillfully portraying characters and skillfully delivering terrifying crescendos, Grisham makes this book deceptively easy to read." - The Irish Independent "This is typical Grisham: brisk, gripping, very good at conveying the complexities of the law in a digestible way." - The Sunday Express "Fast and gripping" - The Daily Mirror "Over 350 million copies, 45 languages, 9 blockbuster films: nobody writes drama like John Grisham." - The Irish Independent