The Rainmaker is a 1995 novel by John Grisham, his sixth.
First edition cover
John Ray Grisham Jr. is an American novelist, lawyer, and former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, known for his best-selling legal thrillers. According to the American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 37 consecutive number-one fiction bestsellers, and his books have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Along with Tom Clancy and J. K. Rowling, Grisham is one of only three anglophone authors to have sold two million copies on the first printing.
John Grisham in 2016
This house in Lepanto, Arkansas, was the house used in the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie A Painted House.