Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Review of The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief
Author: John Grisham
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
AimeeM avatar reviewed on + 124 more book reviews


Two U.S. Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. In New Orleans a young law student prepares a legal brief...

To Darby Shaw it was no more than a legal shot in the dark, to the Washington establishment it was Political Dynamite.
Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder intended for her.
Going underground she find there is only one person she can trust-- a reporter ambitious for a hot newsbreak.
Together they discover a deadly puzzle involving a violent cover-up.
Someone will stop at nothing to destroy Darby's brief, and cover-up an unthinkable crime.