In suburban Georgetown a killer's Reeboks whisper on the front floor of
a posh home... In a seedy D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted
to death... The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court
justices have been assassinated. And in New Orleans, a young law student
prepares a legal brief... To Darby Shaw it was no more than a legal shot
in the dark, a brilliant guess. To the Washington establishment it was
political dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder -- a murder
intended for her. Going underground, she finds there is only one person
she can trust -- an ambitious reporter after a newsbreak hotter than
Watergate -- to help her piece together the deadly puzzle. Somewhere
between the bayous of Louisiana and the White House's inner sanctums, a
violent cover-up is being engineered. For somone has read Darby's brief.
Someone who will stop at nothing to destroy the evidence of an
unthinkable crime.
"Gripping... a genuine page-turner. Grisham is a skillful craftsman." --
"The New York Times Book Review."
"Grisham has done it again!" -- "Chicago Tribune."
"A fast-paced thriller... it's got the unmistakable Grisham style --
conspiracy in high places, evil and innocent lawyers, assassins and a
plot that will keep you reading into the small hours of the morning." --
"The Cincinnati Post."
