Jamie Landers, The Dallas Morning News

DALLAS — John Grisham is embarking on his next legal thriller — and he’s leaving its ending up to the state of Texas to decide.

In what will be the third nonfiction project of Grisham’s decadeslong career, “SHAKEN: The Rush to Execute an Innocent Man,” is set to publish June 9, 2026. The book will chronicle the story of Robert Roberson III, an East Texas man at the center of a contentious “ shaken baby syndrome ” case, who, for the third time, faces execution on Oct. 16 .

“We’re watching in slow motion as the clock ticks, as this disaster unfolds,” Grisham, 70, told The Dallas Morning News last week in a sit-down interview. “I’m just here to tell the story, and I’m doing it because we know right now what’s about to happen and we’re trying to

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