The Pelican Brief

The Rainmaker

Memphis lawyer Rudy Baylor thought his law degree would be his ticket to the good life. Now without a job, he pins his hopes on an insurance dispute that has left a family devastated and opened a door to a lawsuit. By the time he gets to court, a hea...

The Chamber

Twenty-two years after the bombing of a Mississippi law office in which Marvin Kramer's two sons died, Klan member Sam Cayhill, the accused killer, has nearly exhausted his death row appeals, until young lawyer Adam Hall takes the case. 1,750,000 first printing. $500,000 ad/promo.

The Client

An 11-year-old boy, Mark Sway, witnesses the suicide of a Mafia lawyer who unburdens himself of his client`s murderous secret before he pulls the trigger. Now Mark is stuck with the knowledge of the whereabouts of a missing body and a killer who want...

Schmidt Delivered

In this sequel to ABOUT SCHMIDT, Begley's eponymous hero is trying to convince his absurdly young girlfriend to marry him. At the same time, his maddening daughter's marriage has unraveled and she returns home in need of money. But when Schmidt meets...

The Journey Home

Olafsson`s novel takes place in the 1960s, when Disa, a cook at a country hotel in Somerset, discovers she has a terminal illness. Determined to return to her native Iceland to die, she makes the hazardous journey, at the end of which she must face n...

The Crusader

At the Santes Creus monastery in Spain, Brother Francisco returns from the Crusades a changed man: he is full of grisly tales of his adventures, and he is possessed by demons. Brother Lucas is assigned the task of exorcism; if he succeeds he will bec...

Flesh and Blood

Psychologist Alex Delaware tries to unravel the events that led up to the brutal murder of a troubled young woman, Lauren Teague, who was briefly Delaware's patient.

Gods & Generals

Here is Thomas Stonewall Jackson, a hopelessly by-the-book military instructor and devout Christian. His fierce exterior hides a compassionate soul that few - students and soldiers alike - will ever see, and he becomes the greatest commander of the...

Buffett

The author provides a coherent account of how Buffett went on to make his current fiefdom the most expensive equity on the New York Stock Exchange, thanks to sizable, shrewdly timed positions in American Express, Capital Cities/ABC, Coca-Cola, and ot...

All the Pretty Horses

The first volume in McCarthy`s Border Trilogy, this novel tells the story of John Grady Cole, a teenage cowboy; Lacey Rawlins, his sidekick; and Alejandra Roche y Vilareal, the woman he loves.