The Summons /
John Grisham
- New York : Bantam Dell, c2002.
- 373 pages ; 18 cm.
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 Now the judge is a shadow of his former self, a sick and lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home.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 return to Clanton to discuss his estate.