The Guardians by John Grisham

 Cullen Post began his career as a public defender, but was disillusioned when he was asked to defend a cold blooded murderer.  He left his job and became a minister whose mission it is to free people who were wrongfully convicted. His current client is a man, Quincy Miller, who was accused of killing his divorce lawyer 17 years earlier.  As Post and his associates start digging into the case, they begin to suspect that Miller was deliberately framed by a powerful organization who doesn't want to truth to come out, even decades later. 

John Grisham has such an interesting writing style.  His main characters methodically go through the process of building a viable case against someone.  There is a little bit of action/adventure, but it mostly occurs off screen. There isn't much effort spent on developing dimensional characters. One plus is that it is pretty clear of any sex and graphic violence. It is all about the legal process and careful methodology.  It is interesting to me that John Grisham is so hugely popular and successful. I am guessing the main demographic of his readers are retired men. I enjoyed the book alright, and the reader of the audiobook was really good, but I liked Just Mercy a nonfiction on the same topic of wrongful conviction better.  (2019, 384 p.)