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The Last Juror

"Set in the 1970s, the story follows Willie Traynor, a young reporter who buys a struggling newspaper and thinks it will be easy running a weekly in a sleepy town. Clanton doesn't stay sleepy for long. Danny Padgitt, a member of a wealthy family, is accused of brutally raping and murdering a woman in front of her two young children. The case is a slam-dunk - the victim's last words were, "It was Danny Padgitt"--And the Ford County Times rivets the town with the trial's lurid details. But when someone starts targeting those who convicted Padgitt and a gunshot rips through a window about 20 feet above Willie's head, his career choice no longer seems so safe."--Elizabeth A. Kennedy, Associated Press writer.

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  • "Juri terakhir"
  • "Charles Brauer liest Die Liste"
  • "Last juror"@pl
  • "Last juror"
  • "Last juror"@it

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  • ""Set in the 1970s, the story follows Willie Traynor, a young reporter who buys a struggling newspaper and thinks it will be easy running a weekly in a sleepy town. Clanton doesn't stay sleepy for long. Danny Padgitt, a member of a wealthy family, is accused of brutally raping and murdering a woman in front of her two young children. The case is a slam-dunk - the victim's last words were, "It was Danny Padgitt"--And the Ford County Times rivets the town with the trial's lurid details. But when someone starts targeting those who convicted Padgitt and a gunshot rips through a window about 20 feet above Willie's head, his career choice no longer seems so safe."--Elizabeth A. Kennedy, Associated Press writer."@en
  • "A young mother was raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. The trial of Danny Padgitt came to a dramatic end when the defendant threatened revenge against the jurors if they convicted him. Nevertheless, they found him guilty. But nine years later he was out, and the retribution began."@en
  • ""In the small town of Clanton, Mississippi, not much happens. There aren't many interesting stories for Willie Traynor's newspaper. But then ther's a murder. And when the killer goes to jail, that's not the end of the story. Everybody is afraid now of this man and his family. Will there be more killings? Who will be next?" --Back cover."@en
  • ""In 'The Last Juror, ' John Grisham returns to Clanton, Mississippi, where Willie Traynor, born in Memphis and educated in New York, buys the local weekly newspaper in 1970. Changing the paper's focus from light news to crime reporting, Willie covers the trial of Danny Padgitt, the son of a wealthy criminal family who was convicted of rape and murder. As he's led away for a life sentence, Danny vows revenge on the jurors. Willie settles into small town Southern life and is befriended by Miss Callie Ruffin, an elderly black woman who was the last juror selected for the murder trial. Their cozy lifestyle is threatened, not just by changing times, but by the parole of Danny Padgitt after serving only nine years. This is vintage John Grisham ... The New York Times says, '"The Last Juror" does not need to coast on its author's megapopularity. It's a reminder of how the Grisham juggernaut began.'""@en
  • "In 1970, The Ford County Times, one of Mississipi's more colourful weekly newspapers, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by 23-year-old college drop-out, Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgittt family. Traynor reported all the gruesome details, and his newspaper began to prosper. The murderer, Danny Padgitt, was tried before a packed courtroom in Clanton, Mississippi. The trial came to a startling, dramatic end when the defendant threatened revenge against the jurors if they convicted him. Nevertheless, they found him guilty, and he was sentenced to life in prison. But in Mississippi in 1970 'life' didn't necessarily mean 'life', and nine years later Danny Padgitt managed to get himself paroled. He returned to Ford County, and the retribution began."
  • "#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn 1970, Willie Traynor comes to Clanton, Mississippi, in a Triumph Spitfire and a fog of vague ambitions. Within a year, the twenty-three-year-old finds himself the owner of Ford County?s only newspaper, famous for its well-crafted obituaries. While the rest of America is in the grips of turmoil, Clanton lives on the edge of another age?until the brutal murder of a young mother rocks the town and thrusts Willie into the center of a storm.Daring to report the true horrors of the crime, Willie makes as many friends as enemies in Clanton, and over the next decade he sometimes wonders how he got there in the first place. But he can never escape the crime that shattered his innocence or the criminal whose evil left an indelible stain. Because as the ghosts of the South?s past gather around Willie, as tension swirls around Clanton, men and women who served on a jury nine years ago are starting to die one by one?as a killer exacts the ultimate revenge.BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from John Grisham's The Litigators."@en
  • "A convicted rapist and murderer returns to Ford County, Mississippi, seeking revenge on the Jurors who dared convict him."
  • "In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly newspapers went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Willie Traynor reported all the gruesome details and the paper began to prosper. The murderer, Danny Padgitt was tried before a packed courthouse in Clanton, Mississippi. The trial came to a startling and dramatic end when he was found guilty. He was sentenced to life in prison, but in Mississippi, in 1970, "life" didn't necessarily mean "life" and nine years later Danny Padgitt managed to get himself paroled. He returned to Ford County and the retribution began."
  • "In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly newspapers went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Willie Traynor reported all the gruesome details and the paper began to prosper. The murderer, Danny Padgitt was tried before a packed courthouse in Clanton, Mississippi. The trial came to a startling and dramatic end when he was found guilty. He was sentenced to life in prison, but in Mississippi, in 1970, "life" didn't necessarily mean "life" and nine years later Danny Padgitt managed to get himself paroled. He returned to Ford County and the retribution began."@en
  • "A convicted murderer returns to his hometown to carry out his revenge on the jurors who convicted him."
  • "In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colourful weekly newspapers, The Ford County Times, went bankrupt. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered. The paper reported all the gruesome details, and began to prosper. The murderer, Danny Padgitt, was tried before a packed courtroom in Clanton, Mississippi. The trial came to a startling and dramatic end when the defendant threatened revenge against the jurors if they convicted him. Nevertheless, they found him guilty. But nine years later Danny Padgitt managed to get himself paroled and the retribution began."
  • "In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colourful weekly newspapers, The Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Willie Traynor reported all the gruesome details, and his newspaper began to prosper. The murderer, Danny Padgitt, was tried before a packed courthouse in Clanton, Mississippi. The trial came to a startling and dramatic end when the defendant threatened revenge against the jurors if they convicted him. Nevertheless, they found him guilty, and he was sentenced to life in prison. But in Mississippi in 1970, "life" didn't necessarily mean "life," and nine years later Danny Padgitt managed to get himself paroled. He returned to Ford County, and the retribution began."@en
  • "A convicted rapist and murderer returns to Ford County, Mississippi, seeking revenge on the jurors who dared convict him."
  • "A convicted rapist and murderer returns to Ford County, Mississippi, seeking revenge on the jurors who dared convict him."@en
  • "In 1970s Clanton, Mississippi, college dropout Willie Traynor turns a failed small-town paper into a success covering a local rape and murder case and finds his life coming full circle when, nine years after receiving a life sentence for that crime, Danny Padgitt, son of Clanton's most brutally powerful family, is paroled and jury members from the trial begin turning up dead."@en
  • "In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly newspapers, The Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a twenty-three-year-old college dropout named willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Willie Traynor reported all the gruesome details, and his newspaper began to prosper. The murderer, Danny Padgitt, was tried before a packed courthouse in Clanton, Mississippi. The trial came to a startling and dramatic end when the defendant threatened revenge against the jurors if they convicted him. Nevertheless, they found him guilty, and he was sentenced to life in prison. But in MIssissippi in 1970, 'life' didn't necessarily mean 'life', and nine years later Danny Padgitt managed to get himself paroled. He returned to Ford County, and the retribution began."@en
  • "In Clanton, Mississippi, not much happens. There aren't many interesting stories for Willie Traynor's newspaper. But then there's a murder. When the killer goes to jail, the story does not end. Everybody is afraid now of this man and his family. Will there be more killings? Who will be next?"
  • "Convicted of the murder of a young mother in a 1970 trial that ended with his threat to seek revenge against the jurors, Danny Padgitt is paroled after nine years in prison and returns to the scene of the trial in Ford County, Mississippi."@es
  • "Convicted of the murder of a young mother in a 1970 trial that ended with his threat to seek revenge against the jurors, Danny Padgitt is paroled after nine years in prison and returns to the scene of the trial in Ford County, Mississippi."@en
  • "Convicted of the murder of a young mother in a 1970 trial that ended with his threat to seek revenge against the jurors, Danny Padgitt is paroled after nine years in prison and returns to the scene of the trial in Ford County, Mississippi."
  • "En 1970, Willie Traynor rachète le modeste hebdomadaire d'un comté rural du Mississippi et le transforme en jackpot grâce à un fait divers sanglant : le viol et l'assassinat d'une jeune maman survenu dans la région. L'enquête et le procès prolongent ce premier succès commercial."
  • "In 1970s Mississippi, nine years after receiving a life sentence for rape and murder, the son of a brutally powerful bootlegging family is paroled and jurors start turning up dead."
  • "In 1970 heeft voor het eerst een zwarte vrouw zitting in een jury die een blanke man veroordeelt wegens verkrachting en moord. Als hij tien jaar later vrijkomt, keert hij wraakzuchtig terug."
  • "After nine years in prison, a convicted rapist and murderer returns to Ford County, Mississippi, to deliver the retribution he promised against the jurors who convicted him."
  • "Novel based on suspense."
  • "Sein spektakulärster Roman seit 'Die Jury' Ein junger Zeitungsreporter trägt mit exklusivem Material zur Aufklärung eines grausamen Mordes bei, woraufhin der Jubel gross ist. Doch als der mächtige Verurteilte in aller Öffentlichkeit das Leben der Geschworenen bedroht und Rache schwört, verstummen die Jubelrufe. Neun Jahre später kommt der Mörder frei und macht sich daran, seine Drohung in die Tat umzusetzen. John Grisham hat 24 Romane, ein Sachbuch, einen Erzählband und drei Jugendbücher veröffentlicht. Seine Bücher wurden in 38 Sprachen übersetzt. Er lebt in Virginia und Mississippi."
  • "When Willie Traynor saved a local newspaper from going bankrupt in 1970, he turned it around by reporting in detail the brutal rape and murder of a young mother by Danny Padgitt. After going to trial, Danny was sentenced to life in prison but nine years later he was released and returned to Ford County for revenge."
  • "In 1970 one of Mississippe's more olorful weekly newspapers went bankrupt. To the suprise and dsimay the ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college dropout. the future looked dim until a youg woman was murdered by a member of a notorious loal family."@en
  • "After being paroled from a life sentence in prison, Danny Padgitt returned to Clanton, Mississippi, to exact revenge on the jurors who had found him guilty."

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  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "American fiction"
  • "Crime & mystery"@en
  • "Ex-convicts"
  • "Thriller"
  • "Thriller"@en
  • "Detektivní romány"
  • "Playaways"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Zeitung"
  • "Legal stories"
  • "Legal stories"@en
  • "Modern fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Mystery"
  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "Selected works"
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Prirejene izdaje"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Translations"
  • "Miscellaneous fiction"
  • "Výbory"
  • "Legal stories, American"
  • "Problems and exercises"@en
  • "Readers (Adult)"@en
  • "Detective novels"
  • "Fiction"@he
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Krimis, Thriller, Spionage"
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Powieść kryminalna amerykańska"
  • "Thriller fiction"
  • "Powieść kryminalna amerykańska"@pl
  • "Problems, exercises, etc"
  • "Americké romány"

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  • "El Último jurado"@es
  • "El Último jurado"
  • "Het laatste jurylid"
  • "Anggota juri terakhir"
  • "Son jüri üyesi = The last juror"
  • "The Last Juror"@en
  • "The Last Juror"
  • "O último jurado"@pt
  • "O último jurado"
  • "המושבע האחרון"
  • "Le dernier jure"
  • "Da lāsṭa jyūrara"
  • "Domen"@sv
  • "Den sidste nævning"@da
  • "Le dernier juré [vol. 1 à 5]"
  • "Më në fund gkjykatës : roman"
  • "The last jury"
  • "Le dernier juré ; La transaction ; Le testament"
  • "The last juror a novel"
  • "Poslední porotce"
  • "Last Juror, the"@en
  • "Ha-mushbah ha-aḥaron"
  • "Die Liste : Roman"
  • "The last juror : a novel"@en
  • "The last juror : a novel"
  • "The last juror"
  • "The last juror"@en
  • "Viimeinen valamies"@fi
  • "<&gt"@he
  • "Az utolsó esküdt"
  • "Az utolsó esküdt"@hu
  • "Последний присяжный : [роман]"
  • "Posljednji porotnik"
  • "El último jurado"
  • "El último jurado"@es
  • "Le Dernier Jure"
  • "Posledniĭ prisi︠a︡zhnyĭ : [roman]"
  • "ha-Mushbaʻ ha-aḥaron"
  • "Poledni porotce"
  • "ha-Mushba ha-aḥaron"
  • "Ultimul jurat"
  • "L'ultimo giurato : [romanzo]"
  • "The Last juror"
  • "Le dernier juré : roman"
  • "The last juror = Juri terakhir : sebuah novel terjemahan"
  • "Poslednji porotnik"
  • "Son jüri üyesi"
  • "L'ultimo giurato"
  • "L'ultimo giurato"@it
  • "The Last Juror, A Novel"@en
  • "The Last Juror A Novel"@en
  • "Die Liste Roman"
  • "Ostatni sędzia"
  • "Le dernier juré"
  • "Ostatni sędzia"@pl
  • "Ho teleutaios enorkos"
  • "Die Liste"
  • "Lūkkhun khon sutthāi = The last juror"
  • "Ostatni sprawiedliwy"@pl
  • "Ostatni sprawiedliwy"

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