The Runaway Jury

A Novel

By: John Grisham

Narrated by: Frank Muller

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In “Grisham’s most addictive courtroom thriller” (The Seattle Times), justice is fighting for its life—and the jury is caught in the crossfire of greed and corruption.

They are at the center of a multimillion-dollar legal hurricane: twelve men and women who have been investigated, watched, manipulated, and harassed by high-priced lawyers and consultants who will stop at nothing to secure a verdict. Now 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 this jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him.

He is known only as Juror #2. But he has a name, a past, 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 careers, the truth about Juror #2 is about to explode.©1996 John Grisham; (P)1996 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House Inc.

Critic reviews

“Grisham stacks his Jury with suspense. . . . Don’t start it unless you are prepared to stay up all night.”—Los Angeles Times

“Deserves to be a runaway success.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“A story of genuine significance . . . entertainingly unpredictable.”—The New York Times

“Marvelously clever . . . Grisham is one of the few writers who accurately and empathetically describes working-class Americans of all races and both sexes.”—USA Today

“Fascinating. . . Grisham does a solid job of cutting between the action in the courtroom. . . . [He] also gives a good primer on the psychology of juries.”—Chicago Tribune

“Grisham provides enough suspense to make the pages fly.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Grisham’s strength lies in his narrative ability. The story is tightly plotted, with several neat twists at the end.”—The Plain Dealer

“Both intellectually and emotionally satisfying . . . It’s a thriller for people who think.”—Publishers Weekly

Very interesting

I enjoyed this book very much. Marlee which is an alias and Nicholas Easter concocted a very clever plan because of what happened to Marlee parents who were smokers and it was her plan to get revenge on tobacco companies because her parents died of lung cancer. This book had me glued.

5 stars

Great! Narration was fantastic. The narrator did a great job in capturing all the different characters which helped in keeping the characters straight in my mind.

Excellent narration

As good as the story was, the narration was even better. Definitely recommended to all.

pretty darn good

the narrator's voice was pretty annoying the first couple of chapters, but I got used to it. the story started out well, mysterious, intriguing, became a little monotonous about a quarter of the way through, but recovered very well and kept me wishing I had a longer drive to and from work. it was a good book. Gresham wove and interwove the characters and kept me guessing until the end. I won't give anything away, because until the end you just don't know which way the verdict is going to go. captivating. I really liked it.

Huge Grisham fan and here's another hit!

Been catching up with a bunch of missed Grisham books and this one is excellent.