The Guardians by John Grisham

 370 pages / 11 hrs, 50 mins

"In the small north Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues behind. There were no witnesses, no real suspects, no one with a motive. The police soon settled on Quincy Miller, a young black man who was once a client of Russo’s.

"Quincy was framed, convicted, and sent to prison for life. For twenty-two years he languished in prison with no lawyer, no advocate on the outside. Then he wrote a letter to Guardian Ministries, a small innocence group founded by a lawyer/minister named Cullen Post.

"Guardian handles only a few innocence cases at a time, and Post is its only investigator. He travels the South fighting wrongful convictions and taking cases no one else will touch. With Quincy Miller, though, he gets far more than he bargained for. Powerful, ruthless people murdered Keith Russo, and they do not want Quincy exonerated." --from the publisher

I really enjoyed this book. It is based on a true story and a real organization that focuses on getting innocents out of prison. What a worthy cause! There are a large number of characters in the book, but Grisham is a masterful writer, and offers key characteristics to remind the reader who they are. I give it four out of five stars, and recommend it highly.