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May 31, 2017 john grishams new thriller is positively lawyerless. John grisham is never recognized in new york, but he likes it that way. His books have been translated into 42 languages and published worldwide. The cons are that the story, for the most part, plods along, and the protagonist is uninspired. Gray mountain is a legal thriller novel by john grisham, published in hardcover on october 23, 2014.
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