Book Description
The office of the public defender is not known as a training ground for
bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long and, like most
of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he
reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street
killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that
hit D.C. every week.
As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy
too horrible to believe. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a
complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the
world, looking at the kind of enormous settlement that would totally change
his life—that would make him, almost overnight, the legal profession's
newest king of torts...
About the Author
JOHN GRISHAM is the author of Skipping Christmas, The Summons, A Painted
House, The Brethren, The Testament, The Street Lawyer, The Partner, The
Runaway Jury, The Rainmaker, The Chamber, The Client, The Pelican Brief, The
Firm, and A Time to Kill.