The complete online text of The Summons by A. E. W. Mason.

A. E. W. Mason was one of the best and most popular storytellers in the first half of the twentieth century. He was remembered by his contemporaries for his genial and companionable nature and his hearty laugh and also for his enthusiasm for travel and m...

by John Grisham John Grisham's The Summons marks his return to the legal thrillers that made him a bestselling author. Ray Atlee, a law professor at the University of Virginia, is summoned home to rural Mississippi by his widowed father, a retired...

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