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Author:
Grisham, John, author.
Title:
Les Oubliés : Roman / John Grisham ; Traduit de l'anglais (Étas-Unis) par Dominique Defert.
Publisher:
Marquis Imprimeur,
Copyright Date:
février 2021
Description:
413 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
Murder--Investigation--Southern States--Fiction.
Conspiracies--Fiction.
Inmates of institutions--Southern States--Fiction.
Lawyers--Florida--Death--Fiction.
Judicial error--Florida--Fiction.
Legal assistance to the poor--Southern States--Fiction.
French language materials.
Novels.
Legal fiction (Literature)
Detective and mystery fiction.
Other Authors:
Defert, Dominique, translator.
Other Titles:
Guardians / John Grisham. French
Notes:
First published in New York, in English, in October 2019, as: The Guardians.
Summary:
"À Seabrook, petite ville de Floride, le jeune avocat Keith Russo est tué à coups de fusil alors qu'il travaille un soir dans son bureau. L'assassin n'a laissé aucun indice. Aucun témoin, aucun mobile. Mais la police trouve bientôt un suspect, Quincy Miller, un homme noir et ancien client de Russo. Quincy est jugé et condamné à une peine de réclusion à perpétuité. Pendant vingt-deux ans, il se morfond en prison et ne cesse de clamer son innocence. Il n'a pas d'avocat, personne pour le défendre. De désespoir, il écrit une lettre aux Anges Gardiens, une fondation où travaille Cullen Post, avocat et ancien pasteur de l'Église épiscopale. Les Anges Gardiens n'acceptent que très peu d'affaires. Post sillonne le pays pour tenter de réparer les erreurs judiciaires et sauver des innocents. Le cas de Quincy Miller, toutefois, représente un défi d'une tout autre nature. Des gens puissants, violents et sans pitié ont assassiné Keith Russo, et ils ne veulent pas voir Quincy Miller disculpé. Ils ont tué un avocat il y a vingt-deux ans, ils en tueront un deuxième sans hésitation." - Back cover
"In the small north Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues behind. There were no witnesses, no real suspects, no one with a motive. The police soon settled on Quincy Miller, a young man who was once a client of Russo's. Quincy was framed, convicted, and sent to prison for life. For twenty-two years he languished in prison with no lawyer, no advocate on the outside. Then he wrote a letter to Guardian Ministries, a small innocence group founded by a lawyer/minister named Cullen Post. Guardian handles only a few innocence cases at a time, and Post is its only investigator. He travels the South fighting wrongful convictions and taking cases no one else will touch. With Quincy Miller, though, he gets far more than he bargained for. Powerful, ruthless people murdered Keith Russo, and they do not want Quincy exonerated. They killed one lawyer twenty-two years ago, and they will kill another one without a second thought." -- edited synopsis from goodreads.com
ISBN:
2709664100
9782709664103
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1244277685
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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