The Firm - by John Grisham

About the Book

Mitch McDeere made it to the top of his class at Harvard Law and had his choice of any firm in the country. But when he signed on with Bendini, Lambert & Locke of Memphis, he made a deadly mistake. Now with a new package. Reissue.

Book Synopsis

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the master of legal thrillers, a page-turning classic of "suit-and-dagger suspense" (The New York Times): At the top of his class at Harvard Law, Mitch McDeere had his choice of the best firms in America. He made a deadly mistake.

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For a young lawyer on the make, it was an offer Mitch McDeere couldn't refuse: a position at a law firm where the bucks, billable hours, and benefits are over the top. It's a dream job for an up-and-comer--if he can overlook the uneasy feeling he gets at the office. Then an FBI investigation into the firm's connections to the Mafia plunges the straight and narrow attorney into a nightmare of terror and intrigue. With no choice but to pit his wits, ethics, and legal skills against the firm's deadly secrets--if he hopes to stay alive...

Review Quotes

"Grisham is an absolute master." --The Washington Post

"Taut, fast and relentless...A ride worth taking." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Keeps the reader hooked...From the creepy first chapters...to the vise-tightening midsection and on to the take-the money-and-run finale."--The Wall Street Journal

"Irresistable...seizes the reader on the opening page and propels him through 400 more."--Newsweek

"[An] ingenious man-in-the-middle thriller." --Entertainment Weekly

About the Author

JOHN GRISHAM is the author of forty-seven consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include The Judge's List, Sooley, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which is being developed by HBO as a limited series.

Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.

When he's not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system.

John lives on a farm in central Virginia.