The Last Juror

CENTURY, London, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip Photographic dustwrapper with blue, white and pink coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. In 1970, The Ford County Times, one of Mississipi's more colourful weekly newspapers, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by 23-year-old college drop-out, Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Traynor reported all the gruesome details, and his newspaper began to prosper. The murderer, Danny Padgitt, was tried before a packed courtroom in Clanton, Mississippi. The trial came to a startling, dramatic end when the defendant threatened revenge against the jurors if they convicted him. Nevertheless, they found him guilty, and he was sentenced to life in prison. But in Mississippi in 1970 'life' didn't necessarily mean 'life', and nine years later Danny Padgitt managed to get himself paroled. He returned to Ford County, and the retribution began. – dust wrapper blurb. Softening of the back strip edges and rubbing of the book corners. Tanning of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. Some creasing to the dustwrapper edges with rubbing of the panels. There is a small tear to the lower edge of the front panel. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 432 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; ISBN: 1844131599. ISBN/EAN: 9781844131594. Inventory No: 0286924. . 9781844131594