Friday February 02, 2007

John Grisham - The Partner

One of the better books by this author I have read. It starts with the lawyer Patrick Lanigan dying in a car crash. The lawyer firm he worked for then finds $90 million has gone missing. Doubts then circle about wether Patrick is really dead.. He is then found and tortured so the wherabouts of the loot can be discovered. He finally lets out his girlfriend - who has now absconded herself from Brazil is the key to the loot. The FBI get involved and he is brought back to the US. He invites an old friend Sandy to hep defend him from what are multiple charges including the murder of someone else in his car crash. It looks a hopeless case. But Patrick has been planning this and he has lots of evidence to show the $90 million was all part of a defense pay off that his firm was involved with - salting away public money. His girlfriend is then found and soon his first step to freedom is taken as the charges regarding the $90 Million are settled. The divorce and subsequent suing of Patrick by his wife is also settled to his advantage. All that is left know is what could put him on death row. It is soon shown that the person who was in the car when it was torched is still alive and the charges are mitigated to body mutilation and after more settlements Patrick is free at last still with lots of money in his bank account to enjoy the rest of his life. He arranges to meet his girlfriend to resume their life together ...but... It is also an interesting spin on the story how he became to be found in the first place...