But he grew on her. He seemed eager and kind, and he dropped details that suggested at least a proximity to the fast life. He claimed to have dated Glenn Close and a young Sharon Stone. He said he used to party at John Grisham's house. They were a good...

Their work took them from state to state, leaving Lucas little time to put down real roots for much of his childhood. Lucas can take some of those days and apply it to his role as Mitch Deere, an attorney on the run from the mob and known to many as...

John Grisham compares it to the early works of Ken Follett, Frederick Forsyth, and Robert Ludlum. The folks at Crown publishing think this is going to be the Next Big Thing in the thriller world. And since I'm such a huge fan of overhyped authors, I...

Fiction 1. “Taken” by Robert Crais Private: 2. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” by Stieg Larsson4. “Believing the Lie” by Elizabeth George 5. “Death Comes to Pemberley” by P D James6. “11/22/63” by Stephen King7. “The Litigators” by John...

I began to be concerned about the eroding prospects for a Republican presidential win two weeks ago in "Pressing Pause": We have entered a new phase, the Republican primary as John Grisham novel. Secret offshore bank accounts, broken love, the...

It’s like a scene from a John Grisham movie: $800-per-hour attorneys for O’Melveny & Myers in posh Century City law offices trash-picking for used soda cans, torn candy wrappers, and dirty paper napkins. But this is a real-life legal case about the 2003...