Book 3 - The Testament by John Grisham

Reading date - April 2020

I bought this from Any Amount of Books on Charing Cross Road on a very wet Saturday sometime last year..it was the time of year when they get rid of their old books for a quid each. I was in the shop for ages because I love an old bookshop.  This was one of the four books I bought, the second is a Mailer one but I can’t remember what the other two are...because I’ve got too many books.

This book was kept in a place where it was in my face every single day so I decided to read it.

The thing about John Grisham books is that he is very good at scene setting. I was instantly transported to a super glossy building in the 80s.  The first few chapters are a whirlwind but after that it settles down.  The basic premise is an old man screwing his estranged family out of the money they think they are going to receive.  He basically gets them in a room, reads a will to them, waits for them to leave, shows his lawyers his proper will then jumps to his death.  There’s a massive plot twist which I won’t reveal here.  The plot it a bit like a the Simpsons..it starts with Bart getting a detention and then Martin gets a nipple piercing. I liked the story but it was definitely not what I expected when I read the blurb.

I finished it in a few days, due in no small part to a great deal of sunshine and mojitos being involved.

Will I read more? Yes..I love Grisham.