Gray Mountain

I enjoyed Gray Mountain by John Grisham which begins in 2008 when the GFC is hitting Wall Street in New York.  Of course, this has a massive effect on the employment of thousands in the finance industry.  Many are desperately trying to get the few jobs that are left and even doing volunteer work out "in the sticks".  Samantha Kofer, a lawyer in a large firm elects to work in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia where large coal companies are destroying the environment as well as the lives of the miners.  A quick Google search shows this is a real and serious issue.  Sam works with a legal aid firm who takes on the mining companies and becomes involved with another lawyer who has a very personal grudge against them.  There are a number of cases that they work on in the story, not all with a just conclusion.  It's a good story and also disturbing to know that this is really going on. 4/5.