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The Testament

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

By John Grisham

By John Grisham

By John Grisham

By John Grisham

By John Grisham

By John Grisham

By John Grisham

By John Grisham

By John Grisham
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By John Grisham
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Sep 27, 2005 | ISBN 9780385339582

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Dec 27, 2011 | ISBN 9780345531964

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Feb 02, 1999 | ISBN 9780385493802

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Mar 16, 2010 | ISBN 9780307576101

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Jan 05, 1999 | 874 Minutes

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    About The Testament

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions—a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens of lives.

    Because Troy Phelan’s new will names a sole surprise heir to his eleven-billion-dollar fortune: a mysterious woman named Rachel Lane, a missionary living deep in the jungles of Brazil.

    Enter the lawyers. Nate O’Riley is fresh out of rehab, a disgraced corporate attorney handpicked for his last job: to find Rachel Lane at any cost. As Phelan’s family circles like vultures in D.C., Nate goes crashing through the Brazilian jungle, entering a world where money means nothing, where death is just one misstep away, and where a woman—pursued by enemies and friends alike—holds a stunning surprise of her own.

    Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!

    About The Testament

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions—a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens of lives.

    Because Troy Phelan’s new will names a sole surprise heir to his eleven-billion-dollar fortune: a mysterious woman named Rachel Lane, a missionary living deep in the jungles of Brazil.

    Enter the lawyers. Nate O’Riley is fresh out of rehab, a disgraced corporate attorney handpicked for his last job: to find Rachel Lane at any cost. As Phelan’s family circles like vultures in D.C., Nate goes crashing through the Brazilian jungle, entering a world where money means nothing, where death is just one misstep away, and where a woman—pursued by enemies and friends alike—holds a stunning surprise of her own.

    Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!

    About The Testament

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions—a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens of lives.

    Nate O’Riley is a high-octane Washington litigator who’s lived too hard, too fast, for too long.  His second marriage in a shambles, and he is emerging from his fourth stay in rehab armed with little more than his fragile sobriety, good intentions, and resilient sense of humor.  Returning to the real world is always difficult, but this time it’s going to be murder.

    Rachel Lane is a young woman who chose to give her life to God, who walked away from the modern world with all its strivings and trappings and encumbrances, and went to live and work with a primitive tribe of Indians in the deepest jungles of Brazil.

    In a story that mixes legal suspense with a remarkable adventure, their lives are forever altered by the startling secret of The Testament.

    Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!

    About The Testament

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions—a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens of lives.

    Because Troy Phelan’s new will names a sole surprise heir to his eleven-billion-dollar fortune: a mysterious woman named Rachel Lane, a missionary living deep in the jungles of Brazil.

    Enter the lawyers. Nate O’Riley is fresh out of rehab, a disgraced corporate attorney handpicked for his last job: to find Rachel Lane at any cost. As Phelan’s family circles like vultures in D.C., Nate goes crashing through the Brazilian jungle, entering a world where money means nothing, where death is just one misstep away, and where a woman—pursued by enemies and friends alike—holds a stunning surprise of her own.

    Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!

    About The Testament

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions—a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens of lives.

    Nate O’Riley is a high-octane Washington litigator who’s lived too hard, too fast, for too long.  His second marriage in a shambles, and he is emerging from his fourth stay in rehab armed with little more than his fragile sobriety, good intentions, and resilient sense of humor.  Returning to the real world is always difficult, but this time it’s going to be murder.

    Rachel Lane is a young woman who chose to give her life to God, who walked away from the modern world with all its strivings and trappings and encumbrances, and went to live and work with a primitive tribe of Indians in the deepest jungles of Brazil.

    In a story that mixes legal suspense with a remarkable adventure, their lives are forever altered by the startling secret of The Testament.

    Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!

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    About John Grisham

    John Grisham is the author of fifty consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include Camino Ghosts, The Exchange: After the Firm, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which… More about John Grisham

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    John Grisham is the author of fifty consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include Camino Ghosts, The Exchange: After the Firm, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which… More about John Grisham

    About John Grisham

    John Grisham is the author of fifty consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include Camino Ghosts, The Exchange: After the Firm, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which… More about John Grisham

    About John Grisham

    John Grisham is the author of fifty consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include Camino Ghosts, The Exchange: After the Firm, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which… More about John Grisham

    About John Grisham

    John Grisham is the author of fifty consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include Camino Ghosts, The Exchange: After the Firm, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which… More about John Grisham

    Product Details

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Vintage
    Sep 27, 2005 | 480 Pages | 5-1/4 x 8 | ISBN 9780385339582

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Mass Market Paperback | $10.99
    Published by Vintage
    Dec 27, 2011 | 544 Pages | 4-3/16 x 7-1/2 | ISBN 9780345531964

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Hardcover | $35.00
    Published by Doubleday
    Feb 02, 1999 | 448 Pages | 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9780385493802

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Vintage
    Mar 16, 2010 | 560 Pages | ISBN 9780307576101

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jan 05, 1999 | 874 Minutes | ISBN 9781415920664

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    “A compulsory page-turner.”—Newsweek
    “Entertaining.”—The New York Times Book Review
    “Absorbing . . . The pages fly by.”—Chicago Tribune

    “His hordes of fans won’t be disappointed: Grisham includes his trademark legal wrangling, zippy plot and engaging minor characters. The Testament is unabashedly spiritual without being doctrinaire.”—USA Today

    “Seductive . . . Grisham knows how to tell a story.”—The Denver Post

    “Complex and satisfying.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    “The first two chapters . . . are good, dirty fun. Grisham shows a new lightness of touch here: the parts of The Testament that deal with the legal profession fairly snap along.”—Los Angeles Times

    “Holds the reader to the end . . . The Testament straddles two worlds: the familiar haunts of courtrooms, legal conferences, and judges chambers and the exotic wilds of Brazil.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    “Grisham fans . . . will love The Testament. He’s a master of character and motivation.”—The Plain Dealer

    “Grisham writes with insider knowledge, an expert appreciation of the elegant legal gambit, and real relish at the unexpected things that can come out when smart, principled lawyers who’ve done their homework ask dishonest witnesses the right questions.”—The Boston Globe

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