Search - The Summons

The Summons
Larger
The Summons
Author: John Grisham

Book Information
Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
Rating:

ISBN-13: 9780385503822 - ISBN-10: 0385503822
Publication Date: 2/5/2002
Pages: 354


Other Versions of this Book: Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Audio Cassette (8 hrs., 6 cass., Una), Audio CD (8 hrs., 8 CDs, Unabr)

Book Description:


Ray Atlee is a professor of law at the University of Virginia. He's forty-three, newly single, and still enduring the aftershocks of a surprise divorce. He has a younger brother, Forrest, who redefines the notion of a family's black sheep.

And he has a father, a very sick old man who lives alone in the ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi. He is known to all as Judge Atlee, a beloved and powerful official who has towered over local law and politics for forty years. No longer on the bench, the Judge has withdrawn to the Atlee mansion and become a recluse.

With the end in sight, Judge Atlee issues a summons for both sons to return home to Clanton, to discuss the details of his estate. It is typed by the Judge himself, on his handsome old stationery, and gives the date and time for Ray and Forrest to appear in his study.

Ray reluctantly heads south, to his hometown, to the place where he grew up, which he prefers now to avoid. But the family meeting does not take place. The Judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret known only to Ray.

And perhaps someone else.

Members who requested this book also requested:

Similar books to this author and title:
The Street LawyerThe King of TortsThe BrethrenThe Last JurorThe BrokerThe PartnerThe Street LawyerThe TestamentThe BrethrenThe King of Torts


Genres:

Top Member Book Reviews

Amy H. (Amos) reviewed 5/2/2007...
+ read 63 more book reviews by this member

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

A great story from Grisham. I was surprised and sad about the end.

Jack E. (build9a) reviewed 4/22/2007...
+ read 12 more book reviews by this member

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

It's John Grisham. One of my favorites.

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Grisham captivates you right from the start and keeps you in suspense to the very end.

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

A very exciting suspenseful mystery involving family secrets

Charlene D. reviewed 3/12/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Great book - John Grisham is one of my favorite authors.

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

excellant read loved the ride


Please Log in to Rate these Book Reviews


Its about how a man finds out how honorable he really is towards his family. A good read.

Holly M. (nursiegirl42) - MO reviewed 10/4/2005...
+ read 87 more book reviews by this member


Husband read this... LOVED IT!

Shirley P. (booknookchick) reviewed 10/20/2005...
+ read 50 more book reviews by this member


A quick read. The plot is a bit thin if you're looking for a real thriller. Grishman's characters are what held my interest in this book.


Book Wiki
Common Title
Series
Original Publication Date (YYYY-MM-DD)
People/Characters
Real Places
Fictional Places
Important Events
Awards and Honors