Desperate and Dangerous
Explore the Desperate and Dangerous reading list, featuring gripping fiction by John le Carré, John Grisham, and William Diehl. From The Tailor of Panama to Primal Fear and The Pelican Brief, discover masterful thrillers packed with perilous secrets and high-stakes suspense.
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The Tailor of Panama
by John Le Carré
In a novel about global politics and the fate of truth in modern times, Harry Pendel, a tailor in Panama City who can claim politicians, presidents, crooks, and conmen among his customers, becomes an unlikely spy for British intelligence
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Primal Fear
by William Diehl
A Chicago archbishop is savagely murdered, a knife-wielding young man swears that he is innocent, and a brilliant renegade defense lawyer battles to uncover the truth behind the murder.
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The Pelican Brief
by John Grisham
A law student in New Orleans writes a legal brief that ends up making her enemies in high places. Movie tie-in. Reprint.
