The Firm
by:
John Grisham (author)
When Mitchell McDeere qualified third in his class at Harvard, offers poured in from every law firm in America. Bendini, Lambert and Locke were a small, well-respected firm, but their offer exceeded Mitch's wildest expectations: a fantastic salary, a new home, and the keys to a brand new BMW. It...
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When Mitchell McDeere qualified third in his class at Harvard, offers poured in from every law firm in America. Bendini, Lambert and Locke were a small, well-respected firm, but their offer exceeded Mitch's wildest expectations: a fantastic salary, a new home, and the keys to a brand new BMW. It was his dream job - but it was to become his worst nightmare. Unravelling a complex trail of secret files, undercover surveillance, and millions of dollars of illegal mob money, Mitch stumbles across a shocking conspiracy and a horrifying truth: nobody has ever left Bendini, Lambert and Locke - and anybody who has ever tried has ended up dead.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099830009 (0099830000)
Publish date: March 5th 1992
Publisher: Arrow
Pages no: 496
Edition language: English
I was a bit on the youngish side to feel interested in The Firm back when it captured the American public's imagination as the "It" book of 1991. The Firm ushered in the legal thriller as a bonafide fictional genre, so that since that time, many authors have used the legal thriller as their career's...
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