John Grisham's latest has reached the Best Sellers List of Amazon.com and the New York Times.

"TheAppeal begins with the shocking conclusion to a lawsuit filed against Krane Chemical by Jeannette Baker, a young woman who lost her son and husband to cancer within eight months. The $41 million settlement is unprecedented, and Krane isn't taking it lightly. Jeannette is only one of hundreds of people in fictional Bowmore, Miss., who have been affected by Krane's decades of dumping toxic waste in what has come to be known as Cancer County USA.
If the chemical company doesn't get a reversal on appeal, future lawsuits on behalf of more than 160 cancer victims will drain its deep pockets, especially the gold-lined wallet of owner Carl Trudeau. He has vowed those "ignorant people" won't get a dime of his money.
Meanwhile, he's spending millions of his billions on his vapid trophy wife, junk art and most important, electing a limited-liability justice to the Mississippi Supreme Court who will deny Jeannette's monetary award on appeal.
As always, Grisham's depiction of the victims, their dedicated, flat-broke attorneys and the forces trying to erase Krane's liability are poignant and dead-on. The novel's conclusion is satisfying, somewhat grim, but nevertheless believable.
More than a novel, The Appeal is an exposé of how highly organized special-interest groups, loaded with cash, can manipulate the judicial system. It's Grisham's bully pulpit for reform.
"There's a lot of truth in this story," Grisham writes in an author's note. "As long as private money is allowed in judicial elections we will see competing interests fight for seats on the bench."
It's an easy leap from the fictional microcosm Grisham creates in The Appeal to real-world politics.
The timing of The Appeal, in the midst of the presidential primaries, makes it all the more compelling."