The jack carr book club
October book of the month
The Widow
by John Grisham
Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of a new will. Apparently, her husband left her a small fortune, and no one knows about it.
Once he hooks the richest client of his career, Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar. But soon her story begins to crack. When she is hospitalized after a car accident, Simon realizes that nothing is as it seems, and he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn’t murder.
Simon knows he’s innocent. But he also knows the circumstantial evidence is against him, and he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. To save himself, he must find the real killer…
why i chose this book
“For this month’s Jack Carr Book Club pick, I chose The Widow by John Grisham. Grisham is a true master of the craft. I have been reading his work from the beginning. In The Widow, his first-ever “whodunnit,” he takes us into the world of a small-town lawyer whose life unravels when he’s accused of murder. It’s a story of deception, high stakes, and the fight for survival. Grisham delivers tension on every page, reminding us why he is one of the greatest authors of a generation.“
MEET the author
JOHN GRISHAM is the author of more than fifty consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include Framed, Camino Ghosts and The Exchange: After the Firm. Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction. When he’s not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system. John lives on a farm in central Virginia.
FOLLOW JOHN
“For September, I chose The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown. Few writers can spin a thriller that blends history, science, and myth with the kind of relentless momentum that keeps you turning pages long into the night—and Brown is one of the best to ever do it. In this latest Robert Langdon novel, ancient lore collides with cutting-edge science in a way that makes you question what you think you know about the human mind. It’s fast-paced, thought-provoking, and packed with the kind of twists that remind us why Dan Brown is a legend in the genre.”
Good Neighbor Bookstore is honored to be the October host for Jack Carr’s Book Club. October’s book is The Widow by John Grisham.
“For this month’s Jack Carr Book Club pick, I chose The Widow by John Grisham. Grisham is a true master of the craft. I have been reading his work from the beginning. In The Widow, his first-ever “whodunnit,” he takes us into the world of a small-town lawyer whose life unravels when he’s accused of murder. It’s a story of deception, high stakes, and the fight for survival. Grisham delivers tension on every page, reminding us why he is one of the greatest authors of a generation.”
-Jack Carr
