The Testament: A gripping crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of mystery and suspense

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I feel like a first-grader. I drop my chin to my chest like an imbecile and ponder the question long enough to make them ease to the edge of their seats and whisper, "Come on, you crazy old bastard. Surely you know what day it is." Some guys don't like admitting they cry, but I don't care if others think I'm a wimp for this book making my eyes water. My oh my, it was good! I think it's a tie for me with A Time to Kill, both are brilliantly executed stories. I'm getting ahead of myself. Stay with me, this one cooks. The Testament opens us with the ruthless self-made Billionaire Troy Phelan, who is in his 90's who is dying, has written out his last will with the help of his Lawyer Josh Stafford, and being observed by 3 psychiatrists to see if he is of sound-mind. Phelan commits suicide by jumping out a window just seconds after writing his Testament, which says the rest of his estate will instead of to his money=grabbing family, to his illegitimate daughter Rachel Lane, who none of Phelan's family or associates know about or have ever seen or met. The major problem facing the late Troy Phelan’s lawyers is finding the lost daughter, who as it turns out, is living in the Brazilian jungle bringing the grace of God to the lives of the local Indians, wither they want it or not.

Upon graduating from law school, Grisham started practicing law, with a focus on criminal defense and personal injury litigation. I didn’t hate the end; it was quite brilliant and unexpected. However, the way it unfolded was terrible. Everything happened so fast, and many problems are left unresolved. For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry. But it had a darker side. It was also notorious for corruption and vice, everything from gambling, prostitution, bootleg liquor, and drugs to contract killings. The vice was controlled by small cabal of mobsters, many of them rumored to be members of the Dixie Mafia. The dialogue was bland, there was way too much legal jargon that no one cares about, his descriptions of scenes and people didn't really leave much to the imagination, and the plot was pretty weak. An old, reclusive, very rich man who hates everyone commits suicide in the lamest way possible and leaves his fortune to a long lost illegitimate daughter who's a missionary in some far away country, so a lawyer has to find her and give her the money. Big deal. And of course, it wouldn't be complete if the lawyer who has to find the Christian woman is a drunken, drug addicted slob whom she helps to find God and he is "reformed" simply because she taught him to say "Forgive me God. Kthnxbai" and your slate is wiped clean. He was killed in an auto accident.” I sit straight in my wheelchair, head high, eyes darting from one shrink to the next, projecting pure sanity for the cameras. I’m sure my children and my ex-wives are proud of me, watching the monitors in their little groups, squeezing the hands of their current spouses, and smiling at their hungry lawyers because old Troy so far has handled the preliminaries.Only seconds away now, and a faint ripple of fear goes through me. This will take more strength than I’ve mustered in weeks. John Grisham did an incredible job describing the Pantanal, its people, and the ambiance there. I felt as if I was on an adventure in the Pantanal. The Pantanal River Wetland Guardian accepts only a few innocence cases at a time. Cullen Post travels the country fighting wrongful convictions and taking on clients forgotten by the system. With Quincy Miller, though, he gets far more than he bargained for. Powerful, ruthless people murdered Keith Russo, and they do not want Quincy Miller exonerated.

A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' - Irish Independent Zadel wants history. It’s an effort to test the bounds of my memory. "Mr. Phelan, where were you born?" Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.' - Daily Record Sure. It’s in my head, the size of a golf ball, growing every day, inoperable, and my doctor says I won’t last three months." There's a lot of heavy handed preaching and simplified characters that would be worthy of a a junior high student.

I did like her character, and I felt respect for her, but again, I couldn’t create a connection with her. Too little was shown about her. Her character had much more potential, but Grisham didn’t explore it. Too Many Characters The story was kinda boring at the beginning, it was hard for me to remember the names of the characters, especially Troy's heirs and wives and their lawyers but when Nate went to Brazil, The fun began!!!