Waiting on Wednesday – The Widow by John Grisham

Welcome to my weekly segment, Waiting on Wednesday, where I look at upcoming books that I am planning to order and review in the next few months and which I think I will really enjoy. Stay tuned to see reviews of these books when I get a copy of them. in this latest Waiting on Wednesday, I highlight a fantastic upcoming thriller from iconic author John Grisham, The Widow.

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John Grisham is an author that needs very little introduction thanks to his awesome array of legal thrillers and complex crime fiction novels. A best-selling author since 1989, Grisham has dominated the thriller scene for decades, creating a raft of clever and compelling novels, many of which have been turned into iconic films.

Due to my focus on other genres, I only started really reading thrillers a few years ago, which meant I’m experiencing Grisham for the first time well into his career. However, I have ended up reading several of Grisham’s more recent books, including The Judge’s List, The Boys from Biloxi, The Exchange, Camino Ghosts and the short story collection Sparring Partners. Each of these novels has been quite entertaining and I’ve rather enjoyed the varied array of narratives contained within. My favourite so far is probably The Judge’s List, although a fantastic new contender from Grisham is set to be released in a few months’ time.

Grisham’s next novel is the very intriguing legal thriller, The Widow. Set for release in October 2025, The Widow features an awesome sounding plot, as a small-town lawyer attempts to embezzle money from an elderly widow he’s taken on as his client. However, the protagonist’s plans will go awry when he is arrested for a murder he didn’t commit and must fight to defend himself in the courtroom while also trying to discover who set him up. I really love the sound of this new John Grisham novel, and I think The Widow has one of the author’s more interesting recent plot ideas. I have a feeling this is going to be a very strong new novel from Grisham, and I am very excited to get my hands on The Widow in a few months’ time.

Plot Synopsis:

She needs a lawyer. He needs a payday.

Simon Latch is a small-town lawyer struggling with debt, gambling issues and an impending divorce. But when Eleanor Barnett, an 85-year-old widow, visits his office to secure a new will, it seems his luck has finally changed: she claims she’s sitting on a $20 million fortune and no one else knows about it.

She could be the ticket to his fortune.

Once he’s hooked the richest client of his career, Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar, even from his own assistant. But there are complications: other lawyers are circling his client like vultures.

But when she is hospitalised after a car accident, Eleanor’s story begins to crack. Simon realises that nothing is as it seems. And as events spiral out of control, he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn’t commit: murder.

The Widow is classic Grisham courtroom drama combined with a confounding murder mystery that will enthral his legion of fans.