Read an Excerpt From John Grisham's 'The Widow' (Exclusive)

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John Grisham's first-ever whodunnit, The Widow , is on the way

The book follows a small-town lawyer, Simon, who takes on the wealthy widow Eleanor as his client. But soon, her story begins to fall apart and Simon finds himself on trial

Below, read and listen to an exclusive excerpt from the first chapter of The Widow

Listen to an excerpt from 'The Widow' by John Grisham

Chapter 1

The clients drawn to the quaint little law office at the corner of Main and Maple brought problems that Simon was tired of. Bankruptcies, drunk driving charges, delinquent child support, foreclosures, nickel-and-dime car wrecks, suspicious slip-and-falls, dubious claims of disabilities — the stock-in- trade of a run-of-the-mill street lawyer whose law school dreams of riches had faded so d