The Last Juror by John Grisham

If you are looking for a great legal thriller to read, I would suggest you pick up a copy of The Last Juror by John Grisham. I started reading it and didn't want to put it down until I finished it.

The Last Juror is about a man named Willie Traynor, who accepted the job as the owner of the only newspaper in Ford County, which was in Clanton. He wrote an article about the murder of a young mother, who had two children. Her children witnessed the crime.

Racism and Christianity were the themes of the book. Willie Traynor was white, and he became friends with a black woman named Callie. Miss Callie was a Christian and wanted to invite Willie to church because she wanted to witness to him. She wanted to make sure that he was going to heaven. She also invited him over to her house to have dinner on Thursday evening with her family. Throughout the book, the author revealed their relationship and how she wanted to witness to Willie. Willie enjoyed spending time with Miss Callie and her family even though they were black.
 
You'll have to read the book to find out what happened to the jurors and the other characters.

Book Review: The Street Lawyer by John Grisham

The Street Lawyer was intriguing and suspenseful in the first few chapters because a street bum confronted Michael and other lawyers in their conference room. He had dynamite hooked up to him and threatened to pull the wire that would set the bomb off. I wanted to continue reading because I wanted to find out what the street bum planned to do, and the lawyers were going to escape their dilemma.

Michael was a lawyer at Drake and Sweeney. Madam Devier was the receptionist, and Polly was Michael's own secretary.

When Michael saw Madam Devier, he saw the street bum pointing a gun at her, and then he pointed it at Michael. Michael attempted to talk to him, but the street bum gathered the men into the conference room, and then he took off his coat. The lawyers saw sticks of dynamite and wires underneath his coat.

Mister, the street bum, demanded their wallets, cash, and jewelry. Then, he had Michael put them in a briefcase. After that, Michael had to call someone in the foyer and tell them he was going to set out a briefcase. He also had to call someone to send them some faxes on last year's taxes of the lawyers who were in the conference room.

The suspense continued to build, and then after an officer had the perfect shot at Mister, he fired, and Mister went down. The lawyers scrambled out of the building, but Michael thought he was injured. He left by another exit, and the ambulance attendants took him downstairs to the gym area to examine him. He was all right, but his blood pressure was high, so one attendant gave him a pill to lower it.

Michael thought about Mister and why he wanted to see their tax sheets and how much money they made as well as gave to the homeless people. He decided to drive to a rough area of the city. He located the law offices in the area and walked inside. The placed was run down, but he was fascinated with the environment. He wanted to help the homeless people, so he started working in the food line where the homeless people could get a meal.

You'll have to read the book to find out what happened to Michael, and what types of things confronted him as a street lawyer.

I have enjoyed reading books by John Grisham as well as the movies that have been based on his books. The Street Lawyer was well-written, and I wanted to find out what Michael decided to do with his life as a lawyer for a well-known law firm or if he decided to become a lawyer for the homeless. They were two different lifestyles that he had to decide between.

The next day he returned to his office because he wanted to work. However, he couldn't settle down to the files that he had on his desk. He left the building and sat in his car for awhile.