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The widow : a novel / John Grisham.

Grisham, John,: (author.). Beck, Michael, 1949- (narrator.).

Summary:

Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of a new will. Apparently, her husband left her a small fortune, and no one knows about it. Once he hooks the richest client of his career, Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar. But soon her story begins to crack. When she is hospitalized after a car accident, Simon realizes that nothing is as it seems, and he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn’t commit: murder. Simon knows he’s innocent. But he also knows the circumstantial evidence is against him, and he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. To save himself, he must find the real killer….

Record details

  • ISBN: 9798217166602
  • ISBN: 9780593607503
  • ISBN: 0593607503
  • Physical Description: 12 audio discs (approximately 14 hr. 30 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: [New York, NY] : Penguin Random House Audio, [2025]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from disc label.
Duration: 14:30:00.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Michael Beck.
Subject: Lawyers > Virginia > Fiction.
Widows > Fiction.
Attorney and client > Fiction.
Inheritance and succession > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Traffic accidents > Fiction.
Trials (Murder) > Fiction.
Suspects (Criminal investigation) > Fiction.
Virginia > Fiction.
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction)
Legal fiction (Literature)
Detective and mystery fiction.
Audiobooks.
Novels.

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Summary: Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of a new will. Apparently, her husband left her a small fortune, and no one knows about it. Once he hooks the richest client of his career, Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar. But soon her story begins to crack. When she is hospitalized after a car accident, Simon realizes that nothing is as it seems, and he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn’t commit: murder. Simon knows he’s innocent. But he also knows the circumstantial evidence is against him, and he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. To save himself, he must find the real killer….

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