false <![CDATA[The Pelican Brief]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255843545m/32499.jpg 32499 60 In suburban Georgetown a killer's Reeboks whisper on the front floor of a posh home... In a seedy D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted to death... The next day America learns  that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And 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, a brilliant  guess. To the Washington establishment it was  political dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder -- a murder intended for her. Going  underground, she finds there is only one person she can  trust -- an ambitious reporter after a newsbreak  hotter than Watergate -- to help her piece together the deadly puzzle. Somewhere between the bayous of  Louisiana and the White House's inner sanctums, a violent cover-up is being engineered. For somone has read Darby's brief. Someone who will stop at nothing to destroy the evidence of an unthinkable crime. 490324 book 1992 The Pelican Brief total:22038|5:3764|4:8023|3:8224|2:1777|1:250| 22038 79388 25178 481 5 2 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Wed Jan 09 10:33:41 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 26 08:44:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Oct 17 16:42:26 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 16:45:45 -0700 2008 Washington wakes up to the gruesome news that two members of the Supreme Court have been murdered overnight. The shocking part was in their diversity. The old, should have retired years ago, Democrat Justice Rosenberg and the younger Republican Justice Jensen. The fact that they were almost al...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Oct 09 09:29:07 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 09:29:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false true Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 20:05:27 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 20:15:18 -0800 2009 1
Well, it picked up. Big time.

I think Grisham did a very good job with the suspense of this story. I felt Darby's terror, and I was always wondering whe...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 20:06:58 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 20:17:23 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue May 15 13:58:50 -0700 2007 Tue May 15 14:00:23 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sun Nov 23 05:51:14 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 06:01:16 -0800 2008
Because of this simple law-student brief, her lover and profesor was killed in order to threa...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Sep 19 11:59:25 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 12:00:14 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Nov 09 08:54:23 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 25 09:21:35 -0700 2009 Darby. What a cool freaking name. Practically everything about this book was cool - the setting, the main character, her brains, her ambition, her affair, her subsequent run from those who were trying to kill her...it just all came together very well.

There were a couple repetitive parts,...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 31 05:08:30 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 23 11:24:02 -0700 2009 The story is about...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 13 06:47:03 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 12:58:04 -0700 2008 loved this one. I read it like five times. BUT -- the fact that I plowed through it and enjoyed my time with it does...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 13:17:55 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 13:31:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false true Wed Mar 12 14:09:33 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 13 14:21:37 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 12 14:09:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 21 00:35:37 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 24 05:53:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 01:51:53 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 05:18:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Fri Jan 30 16:27:28 -0800 2009 Fri Jun 05 21:25:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 13 14:09:39 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 08:16:55 -0800 2008
When I finished the last page, and I finally did put it down, I couldn't help thinking I had just wasted my time. I mean, I was ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 18 07:48:53 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 07:51:38 -0800 2009 I had just started reading it when I'd read rumors about it being made into a movie. No casting had been done yet, but I clea...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 10:43:54 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 10:50:51 -0700 2009
I enjoyed the story. It's not a page turner, but it gripped me enough that I wanted to finish it. ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 14 11:31:35 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 26 08:23:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=32499