Title – Ford County
Author – John Grisham
Published – 2009
Genre – Legal
Ford County is the setting for a number of Grisham’s trademark legal thrillers, including A Time to Kill, and in this case provides the location for a series of short stories.
Following quickly on the heels of 20th Century Ghosts this was another disappointing collection of short stories. I had expected that because the stories shared the same setting that they would have something in common – a location, a character or similar thread providing a connection, but no. In fact the setting didn’t seem particularly important and if they had been set in a number of different locations I’m not sure it would have made any difference.
The stories themselves were based around a legal premise although not all involved lawyers but for the most part they seemed to lack much in thrills, or legal twists. At best focussing on the characters in the stories and often delivering a moral message these weren’t engaging and I felt as if they were working towards some sort of climax but they failed to carry through.
Not a collection I would recommend.
Novel Heights 
Sorry to hear this was a disappointment. Usually, Grisham is really consistently good. Still, you never do know with short stories.
Not read anything by him for ages and there is a lack of good legal thrillers but this collection wasn’t up to the standard of his novels.