The Exchange

''It leaves the reader gasping for breath'' DAILY MAIL ''This is Grisham delivering the kind of mesmeric narrative that we expect from him'' FINANCIAL TIMES THE BIGGEST GRISHAM IN OVER A DECADE The Exchange is John Grisham''s epic follow-up to his phenomenal global bestseller The Firm , the novel that launched his career as the world''s favourite storyteller - it will take you on a rollercoaster journey across the globe, from New York to London, and Rome to Marrakech. TEN DAYS TO SAVE A LIFE. ONE SECOND TO END IT. Mitch McDeere has cheated death and come out the other side. Fifteen years ago, he stole $10 million from the mob and disappeared. Now, with his enemies jailed or dead, he has fought his way to the top of the biggest law firm in the world. When a new case takes Mitch to Libya, danger awaits: he''s soon in the biggest hostage negotiation in recent history with terrorists who have murdered and will murder again. Their demand is staggering: a ransom of $100 million must be paid within 10 days. But this isn''t a random kidnapping - it''s personal. And no one, not even Mitch''s wife in New York, is safe. With the clock ticking, can Mitch stay one step ahead of his enemies? This time, there''s nowhere to hide. ''The most eagerly-awaited sequel of the decade'' DAILY EXPRESS ''Enthralling'' IRISH INDEPENDENT

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The riveting sequel to THE FIRM, the blockbuster thriller that launched the career of the world's bestselling author.

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Beginning with The Firm in 1991, John Grisham has published at least one #1 bestseller every year. His books have been translated into 45 languages and have sold over 350 million copies worldwide. Ten have been adapted to film, including The Firm, The Pelican Brief, and A Time To Kill. His Theodore Boone series for young readers is now in development at Netflix. An avid sports fan, he has written two novels about football, one about baseball, and in 2021 he published Sooley, a story set in the world of college basketball. His lone work of non-fiction, The Innocent Man, was adapted into a six-part Netflix docuseries.

He is the two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize For Legal Fiction and was distinguished with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award For Fiction.

When he's not writing, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Innocence Project and Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his recent fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice systems.

A graduate of Mississippi State University and Ole Miss Law School, he lives on a farm in central Virginia, around the corner from the youth baseball complex he built in 1996. He still serves as its Commissioner.