The Widow

Overall, I enjoyed the audiobook.  Grisham did a very good job developing the major characters.  The main character was Simon, a down on his luck lawyer (bad marriage, broke, gambling problem).  His problems then were exasperated when he met an elderly woman with no beneficiaries who claimed to have millions of dollars in her estate and needed a new will.  Of course he succumbed to greed and stacked her personal affairs in his favor.  When she dies and the autopsy reveals she was poisoned, Simon is the primary suspect.  He has to solve the case to save himself.  Overall, it keep my interest but it was slow developing and much of the excess could have easily been edited out.  While the guilty party was a surprise, the person came out of the blue.  No way to figure it out myself until the very end, which felt rushed after the long story.  Despite these weaknesses, I enjoyed the book and hoped Simon would be vindicated despite his moral weaknesses.