A brilliant young lawyer gets a fabulous job at a firm that is a cover for a Mafia money-laundering operation- The Firm, John Grisham.In 1914, a Russian anarchist tries to assassinate the aristocrat who is negotiating his country’s entrance into World War I- The Man From St.A Harvard symbologist and a female French cryptographer solve the puzzle of the Holy Grail in a race against death across Europe- The DaVinci Code, Dan Brown.A young boy is brutally trained in Battle School to be the general who will save humanity from alien invaders- Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card.A young female astronomer discovers radio messages from alien beings in a nearby star system- Contact, Carl Sagan.A young English woman from a peculiar family is pursued by an arrogant and wealthy young man- Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen.
A young girl grows up in the company of a strange time-traveling visitor who appears and disappears at random- The Time Traveler’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger. An autistic savant must choose whether to accept a new treatment that would make him normal and change his identity forever-T he Speed of Dark, Elizabeth Moon. A young girl watches the turmoil in her family from heaven after being raped and murdered by a neighbor- The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold. 
An orthodox Jewish artist struggles to reconcile his art, his religion, and his family- My Name is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok.A young nurse searches for the way home after time-traveling from 1945 to 1743 Scotland- Outlander, Diana Gabaldon.A stonemason in 12th-century England battles to build his life’s dream, a cathedral- The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett.A young human girl in Ice Age Europe struggles to survive in her adoptive clan of Neanderthals- The Clan of the Cave Bear, Jean Auel.
A eunuch in 18th century BC Egypt must survive the palace intrigues between his owner and her evil father- River God, Wilbur Smith. A hobbit learns that his magic ring is the key to saving Middle Earth from the Dark Lord- The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. A boy wizard begins his training and must battle for his life with the Dark Lord who murdered his parents- Harry Potter #1, J.K. A boy raised in Afghanistan grows up with the shame of having failed to fight the gang of boys who raped his closest friend- The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini. A Moscow homicide detective investigates a bizarre triple murder and runs afoul of the KGB and FBI- Gorky Park, Martin Cruz Smith. A young servant girl in 17th-century Holland lies at the center of a marital dispute in the home of renowned painter Johannes Vermeer- Girl With a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier. A young Saudi woman on the run from her family links up with a Berkeley physics prodigy who is just learning that he can see the future- Blink, Ted Dekker. Randy Ingermanson has published a number of examples of one-sentence summaries:
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