Summons

Author: Grisham
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: As an excellent popular novel, The Summons possesses almost all the elements of success: thrilling suspense, familial entanglements, dangerous chases, and the author's "gentlemanly" language that is completely detached from sex and violence. He says: "I don’t want to make my mother ashamed, nor do I want to embarrass my children." Atty is a university professor with an unproductive younger brother. The father is a judge, a man of integrity who has enjoyed a high reputation throughout his life. He summons the two brothers home to discuss the inheritance. When they arrive, their father has already passed away, leaving a meager estate to be divided equally between them. However, that night, Ray discovers a huge sum of money in his father’s study. Clearly, a poor county judge would not have such a large amount of money. Where did the money come from? How should it be used? Meanwhile, Ray realizes someone is following him and threatening him. Everything is shrouded in mystery—the immense temptation of money, the danger to life, and the peaceful life of a professor disrupted.