The Pelican Brief (10/10) murder, thriller
The Pelican Brief by John Grisham is about Darby Shaw, a law student who does some research into a possible suspect who had two Supreme Court Justices assassinated. She finds herself on the run when her brief makes it all the way to the FBI, CIA and the President. There is a lot of killing in this book and Darby realizes she is in danger. This is a real thriller because Darby doesn’t know who to trust. She finally trusts Gray, an investigative reporter at the Washington Post who admires her and together they work at getting evidence. It’s quite an elaborate story.

I liked it because Darby was so smart when she was running for her life. It was hard to believe she was able to outfox professional hit men, but at the same time, it was fun to see her doing it. It has quite a bit of action which helped hold my interest. It’s not my favorite Grisham book, but it is pretty good.