Collects seven short stories by John Grisham that take place in Ford County, Mississippi, where his first novel, "A Time to Kill," took place, including "Blood Drive," "Fetching Raymond," "Fish Files," "Casino," "Michael's Room," "Quiet Haven," and "Funny Boy."

Cut off from the hospital and rescue squad by an ice storm, midwife Sibyl Danforth makes the decision to perform a cesarean section on a patient she believes has died of a stroke during labor, but when her assistant tells police the mother was alive during the surgery, Sibyl and the entire community are drawn into a gripping trial. Told in the mesmerizing voice of the midwife's daughter, Midwives depicts the aftermath of the tragedy.

In his final semester of law school, Rudy Baylor is required to provide free legal advice to a group of senior citizens, and he meets his first clients, Dot and Buddy Black. Their son, is dying of leukemia and the insurance company refuses to pay.

Legal thriller.

Once Judge Atlee was a powerful figure in Clanton, Mississippi--a pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty years. Now the judge is a shadow of his former self, a sick, lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home. Knowing the end is near, Judge Atlee has issued a summons for his two sons to return to Clanton to discuss his estate.  But the family meeting does not take place. The judge dies too...

When a 22-year-old law student is found brutally murdered, her father comes undone--and rightfully so. In a fit of rage, Donald Sales accuses Eric Lipton, his daughter's arrogant and brilliant professor, of killing her. Then, after an article of the victim's blood-soaked clothing is found in Professor Lipton's possession, he hires attorney Casey Jordan to represent him. To Jordan, Sales' violent history makes him a more logical suspect, and the skillfull...

Assistant district attorney Nina Frost has always prided herself on the fact that she protects the city's children from abuse and crime, but when her own son is sexually abused, she finds herself overcome with rage and sets out to find his attacker and exact justice for her son.

"Paul Madriani has ample reason to suspect he's representing a guilty man. Dr. David Crone, a respected medical researcher, is charged with the murder of a young colleague: twenty-six-year-old Kalista Jordan, an African-American research physician, whose body washed up on a beach in San Diego Bay. Forensic evidence links her murder with material in Crone's garage. Crone had both opportunity and motive: Kalista had recently filed sexual harassment...

In the murky waters of Savannah's shoreline, a young law student is under fire as she tries her first case at a prominent and established law firm. A complex mix of betrayal and deception quickly weaves its way through the case and her life, as she uncovers dark and confusing secrets about the man she's defending--and the senior partners of the firm. How deep will the conspiracy run? Will she have to abandon her true self to fulfill a higher calling?...

The murder of Paul Wheeler has all the elements of a blockbuster: family rivalries, incalculable wealth, and a prominent man dying in the arms of his beautiful mistress. It's a case that could earn Derek Mitchell even greater star power. When the Wheeler family approaches him about defending Creighton for his uncle's murder -- even before he's charged -- he jumps at the chance. Although Creighton has a rock-solid alibi, Julie is convinced that he...