The Appeal cover art

The Appeal

 Preview
This Season's Biggest Deal

$0.99/mo for 3 months + $20 Audible bonus voucher

Auto-renews at $8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.
Get this deal
Offer ends on 28 December, 2026.
More purchase options

The Appeal

By: John Grisham
Narrated by: Michael Beck
Get this deal

Auto-renews at $8.99/mo after 3 months. Offer ends 28 December, 2026. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $23.95

Buy Now for $23.95

This Season's Biggest Deal | $0.99/mo for 3 months + $20 Audible bonus

Auto-renews at $8.99/mo. after 3 months - terms apply.
Summary
 In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town's water supply, causing the worst "cancer cluster" in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it.

Who are the nine? How will they vote? Can one be replaced before the case is ultimately decided?
The chemical company is owned by a Wall Street predator named Carl Trudeau, and Mr. Trudeau is convinced the Court is not friendly enough. With judicial elections looming, he decides to try to purchase himself a seat on the Court. The cost is a few million dollars, a drop in the bucket for a billionaire like Mr. Trudeau. Through an intricate web of conspiracy and deceit, his political operatives recruit a young, unsuspecting candidate. They finance him, manipulate him, market him, and mold him into a potential Supreme Court justice. Their Supreme Court justice.

The Appeal is a powerful, timely, and shocking story of political and legal intrigue, a story that will leave readers unable to think about our electoral process or judicial system in quite the same way ever again.

(P)2008 Random House, LLC©2008 Belfry Holdings, Inc Crime Thrillers Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Law Crime Mississippi
All stars
Most relevant
A possibility in a world of massive greed and mindless selfishness.
PS don’t put anything in the mouth of a fitting person…ever.

Fascinating

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This one while still good lacked the gripping themes we are used to. The end was lacklustre.

Not the usual Grisham

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Book too long to have some meaning. Final chapters were the most engaging. Good ending....bad guy won...usually fiction has the good people winning....well.not this one....

the final chapters

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The reader’s ingratiating style and the hometown all-good character of the heroes. I clocked off after 15 minutes.

I feel he serves up basically the same story each novel

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.