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Book Review of The Runaway Jury

The Runaway Jury
The Runaway Jury
Author: John Grisham
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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This book was the basis of a great movie, and now here is original version of the story - the jurors are in the center of a multimillion-dollar legal hurricane, 12 men and women who have been investigated, watched, manipulated and harassed by high-price lawyers and consultants who will stop at nothing to secure a verdict. The jury must make a decision in the most explosive civil trial of the century, a precedent-setting lawsuit against a giant tobacco company. But only a handful of people know the truth: that the jury has a leader and the verdict belongs to him.... He is known only as Juror #2. But he has a name, a post, and he has planned his every move with the help of a beautiful woman on the outside. Now, while a corporate empire hangs in the balance, while a grieving family waits, and while lawyers are plunged into a battle for their carrers, the truth about Juror #2 is about to explode, in a cross fire of greed and corruption - and with justice fighting for its life... If you saw the movie, you haven't really seen the real story in this book.