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A New Year's Note
January 2026
Hello Readers,
As we begin a new year, I wanted to check in with a few updates from my office here in Virigina. The Widow arrived in bookstores in October, and I enjoyed time in New York doing the usual publicity routine...
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Holiday Greetings
December 2025
Hello Readers,
And greetings from snowy central Virginia, where a white Christmas happens once a decade...
Coming Soon: The Widow
March 2025
I just finished my next novel. It’s called The Widow and will be published by Doubleday in October. It’s another legal thriller (surprise, surprise!) filled with all the usual twists and turns of legal intrigue and lawyers behaving badly. It also has something new that’s kind of unique. It’s the first time I’ve written a true mystery. A real whodunit. I hope it keeps you awake at night this
John Grisham's Writing Routine
January 2025
An inside look at John Grisham's writing process and the routine he's maintained for over 30 years...
New Nonfiction: Framed
March 2024
"Since I published The Innocent Man in 2006, I have wanted to write more true stories about wrongful convictions. From a pure storytelling perspective, they are incredible because the drama has so many layers: Suffering, corruption, waste, faith, perseverance, and, hopefully, redemption - it’s all there in every case. From a moral perspective, it is imperative for a society to face and correct injustice.
Jim McCloskey, the founder of Centurion Ministries, has lived that example by laboring for 45 years
Two Families. One Courtroom Showdown.
October 2023
Dear Reader,
The history of Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast is colorful and complicated...
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