The Guardians by John Grisham

Cullen Post, just call me Post, is a lawyer turned minister whose goal in life is to free innocent inmates from prison.  His nonprofit organization, The Guardians is based in Savannah, GA where his staff of only a handful of do-gooders frees on average about one innocent prisoner a year.  Reinvestigating crimes and trials for innocent inmates who have exhausted all other options is time consuming and sometimes dangerous work... especially when the real perpetrators are still around. 

One prisoner, Quincy Miller is convicted of murdering a lawyer in the small town of Seabrook Florida.  The police after finding no clues, no witnesses and no serious suspects arrest Quincy, a disgruntled former client.  Quincy is convicted with planted evidence and junk science from bogus expert witnesses.  Twenty-two years later his appeals have run out and Post decides to take his case.  But as Post turns over rocks and finds proof of foul play, the real murderer intervenes to squelch Post’s investigation by whatever means possible.

Grisham is the legal thriller master of our time.  He has written a book a year since 1991, all number one best sellers and several made into movies, and has sold over three hundred million copies.  The word “prolific” falls short in describing his literary accomplishments.  The Guardians is his latest and maybe one of his best.  He uses his masterful storytelling talent to highlight both racial injustice and the misuse of “junk science” in our country’s law enforcement process… very thought provoking and entertaining… a must read.