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The sensational Sunday Times bestselling thriller from international bestselling author John Grisham.
ONE GROUP OF RUTHLESS THIEVES HAVE HAD A NOVEL IDEA.
Valued at $25 million, the five finished manuscripts of F Scott Fitzgerald are amongst the most valuable in the world. They're housed in an impenetrable vault deep underneath Princeton University, only accessible with the highest security clearance.
Or so everyone thought. After the most daring heist in literary history, the manuscripts have disappeared off the face of the earth. It will fall to Mercer Mann to find them in a case that has thwarted the FBI's finest minds.
But are some secrets best kept hidden?
350+ million copies, 45 languages, 10 blockbuster films: JOHN GRISHAM IS THE MASTER OF THE LEGAL THRILLER
A bewitching blend of high-stakes spying mission and summer romance, with a fascinatingly ambiguous central character - The Sunday Times
The gripping plot will have you devouring the chapters in such a frantic fashion you'll begin to wonder if you are somehow complicit in this perfect crime - Heat
This story take you into the dark underworld of the black market for rare books. Think Da Vinci Code meets Sherlock Holmes - Sun
Grisham shows charm, wit and a light touch. - The Times
It's not often that bookish readers are a thriller's target audience so this one is very welcome. - Literary Review
Every now and then Grisham tries something new. This year he hit a bull's-eye with a beach book featuring a bunch of writers, not a bunch of lawyers. There's a huge sense of fun to this little experiment - Janet Maslin, Independent
Since The Firm in 1991, John Grisham has published a number one bestseller every year. His books have been translated into 45 languages and have sold over 350 million copies worldwide. Nine have been adapted to film, including The Firm, The Pelican Brief and A Time To Kill.
His first work of non-fiction, The Innocent Man, was adapted into a six-part Netflix docuseries; his second, Framed, highlights work with organisations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted.
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.
John lives on a farm in central Virginia.