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100 _aJohn Grisham
245 _aThe Summons
082 _a813.54
260 _aBerlin
_bArrow
_c2002
520 _aRay Atlee, a Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, is forty-three and newly single. His father, a very sick old man who lives the life of a recluse in the ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi, was once a beloved and powerful official who towered over local law and politics for many years. With the end in sight, Judge Atlee issues a summons to Ray to return home to Clanton, to discuss the details of the family estate. Ray reluctantly heads south, but the family meeting does not take place. The Judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret which Ray believes only he knows. Until it becomes clear that someone else knows too...
655 _aFiction
655 _aMystery
655 _aThriller
655 _aSuspense
655 _aCrime
655 _aAdult Fiction
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