It appears that all of John Grisham books become best-sellers, well that's what it says on the front of his books, and having read many of them, they are a good read.
This starts with an old, wizened, eccentric, reclusive self-made billionaire named Troy (I ask you!), who has lots of offsprungs dotted around America who he seems to despise. Troy is confined to a wheelchair, and one wonders if this is due to having had three wives, countless affairs and seven children or because he is old and wizened. Anyway, he had the good manners to throw himself off his penthouse balcony by page 17.
The story really revolves around his Will. He has left all his wealth to a daughter, who nobody has heard of and who happens to be a missionary in the darkest jungle of Brazil. The firm of lawyers representing Troy, send one of their team to find her. Of course this lawyer looking for her, has to be released from a rehab clinic, where he is, once again, recovering from drink and drugs.
It's quite an adventure, although a touch farfetched. Mr. Grishams' description of the conditions in the jungle made me sweat, and I found myself swatting the air as our hero fended off the mosquitoes. They have them in darkest Greece as well!
It wasn't one of his greatest books but still enjoyable and worth borrowing off somebody.
Happy reading - The Bradworthy Book Reviewer