The Partner
Grisham John
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Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Century
Publisher Place: London, United Kingdom
Publisher Year: 1997
Edition: Reprint
Description: 366 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. They Hired Him. They Trusted Him. Now They Don't Want Justice--they Want Revenge.... For Four Years, Patrick Had Often Wondered How It Would Feel If They Caught Him. Now He Was Terror-stricken. Practically Naked And Strapped Down Like An Animal, He Knew The Next Few Hours Would Be Insufferable.... Once He Was A Well-liked, Well-paid Young Partner In A Thriving Mississippi Law Firm. Then Patrick Lanigan Stole Ninety Million Dollars From His Own Firm--and Ran For His Life. For Four Years, He Evaded Men Who Were Rich, Powerful, And Would Stop At Nothing To Find Him. Then, Inevitably, On The Edge Of The Brazilian Jungle, They Finally Tracked Him Down. Now Patrick Is Coming Home. And In The Mississippi City Where It All Began, An Extraordinary Trial Is About To Begin. As Prosecutors Circle Like Sharks, As Patrick's Lawyer Prepares His Defense, As Patrick's Lover Prays For His Deliverance And His Former Partners Wait For Their Revenge, Another Story Is About To Emerge. Because Patrick Lanigan, The Most Reviled White-collar Criminal Of His Time, Knows Something That No One Else In The World Knows. He Knows The Truth..
Publishers Description: They kidnapped him in a small town in Brazil. He had changed his name and his appearance, but they were sure they had their man.Four years before, he had been called Patrick S. Lanigan. He had died in a car crash in February 1992. His gravestone lay in a cemetery in Biloxi, Mississippi. He had been a partner at an up-and-coming law firm, had a pretty wife, a new daughter, and a bright future. Six weeks after his death, $90 million had disappeared from the law firm. It was then that his partners knew he was still alive.
ISBN: 9780712661362
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