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The testament / John Grisham.

Grisham, John. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0385493800
  • ISBN: 0440234743 (pbk.) :
  • Physical Description: 435 p. ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, c1999.

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Summary, etc.:
Troy Phelan is a self-made billionaire, one of the richest men in the United States.  He is also eccentric, reclusive, confined to a wheelchair, and looking for a way to die. His heirs, to no one's surprise--especially Troy's--are circling like vultures. Nate O'Riley is a high-octane Washington litigator who's lived too hard, too fast, for too long.  His second marriage in a shambles, and he is emerging from his fourth stay in rehab armed with little more than his fragile sobriety, good intentions, and resilient sense of humor. Returning to the real world is always difficult, but this time it's going to be murder. Rachel Lane is a young woman who chose to give her life to God, who walked away from the modern world with all its strivings and trappings and encumbrances, and went to live and work with a primitive tribe of Indians in the deepest jungles of Brazil. In a story that mixes legal suspense with a remarkable adventure, their lives are forever altered by the startling secret of The Testament.
Subject: Wills > Cases > Fiction.
Inheritance and succession > Fiction.
Genre: Legal stories.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at GRPL.

Holds

0 current holds with 4 total copies.

Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Main Fiction Grisham (Text) 31307015696794 Storage Available -
Main Fiction Grisham (Text) 31307022018552 Fiction Available -
Main Fiction Grisham (Text) 31307022042644 Fiction Available -
Van Belkum Fiction Grisham (Text) 31307024378566 Fiction Available -

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The Testament : A Novel
The Testament : A Novel
by Grisham, John
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The Testament : A Novel


#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A disgraced corporate attorney ventures into a potentially lethal jungle, on a job no one wants, in this "entertaining page-turner" ( USA Today ) from the master of the legal thriller. In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions--a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens of lives. Because Troy Phelan's new will names a sole surprise heir to his eleven-billion-dollar fortune: a mysterious woman named Rachel Lane, a missionary living deep in the jungles of Brazil. Enter the lawyers. Nate O'Riley is fresh out of rehab, handpicked for his last job: to find Rachel Lane at any cost. As Phelan's family circles like vultures in D.C., Nate goes crashing through the Brazilian jungle, entering a world where money means nothing, where death is just one misstep away, and where a woman--pursued by enemies and friends alike--holds a stunning surprise of her own.

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