A US State Senator is dead, and Mark Sway is the only one who knows where the body is hidden. An eleven-year-old has discovered a secret that not even an adult should know. The killer wants him silenced forever. The FBI wants him to tell them where it is at whatever cost to Mark and his family. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi. John Grisham is the author of twenty-one previous novels, one work of non-fiction, a collection of short stories, and a novel for young readers. 2010