The Broker A gripping crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of mystery and suspense

<p>In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a full pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years in a federal prison.<br><br> Unbeknownst to the public, his pardon was the CIA''s idea. They claim that Backman may have obtained secrets that would compromise American satellite surveillance.<br><br> Smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane, Backman is given a new identity and home in Italy. He thinks he''s free. But the CIA will soon leak his whereabouts to countries around the world.<br><br><b>Someone is certain to kill Joel Backman.</b><br><br><b>The question is: who?</b><br><br><b>_______________________________________</b><br><b><br>''A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos'' </b>- <i>Irish Independent</i><br><br><b>''John Grisham is the master of legal fiction'' </b>- Jodi Picoult<br><br><b>''The best thriller writer alive'' </b>- Ken Follett<br><br><b>''</b><b>John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers'' </b>- <i>Telegraph</i> <br><br><b>''Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller'' </b>-<i> The Times</i><br><br><b>''Grisham''s storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.''</b> - <i>Daily Record</i><br><br><b>''Masterful - when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they''re not just alive, they''re pulsating'' </b>- <i>Mirror</i><br><br><b>''A giant of the thriller genre'' </b>- <i>TimeOut</i></p>