The Partner
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| Author | John Grisham |
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| Country | U.S. |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Legal thriller |
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The Partner (1997) is a legal/thriller novel by noted American author John Grisham.
Patrick S Lanigan, a junior partner in a law firm in Biloxi, Mississippi, gets wind of a scheme to defraud the US Government over a ship-building overcharging scheme. His firm is deeply involved in the scam, and they're planning to keep him out of it. He bides his time, secretly collecting evidence and then disappears. A body is later found, identified as his burned in a car crash and is buried under his name.
Six weeks later, $90 million vanishes from the law firm's off-shore bank account, and he is suspected. The search is on.
Four years later, he is discovered living a new life in a small town in Brazil. He is kidnapped and tortured to reveal the location of the money. Before he can reveal it, the FBI is informed and he is rescued and repatriated.
With the FBI and police eager to convict him on numerous charges, Patrick, whilst slowly recovering from horrific injuries, schemes with his lawyer Sandy McDermott, to defend the charges whilst revealing details of the scam.
The highlights of the plot are Patrick's hindsight that one day he will inevitably be caught, and his immaculate preparation for such a situation. The FBI, the state authorities, his widow yet even his lawyer are all at times amazed by the depth of his planning. The beauty of this story is that Patrick defends all the charges against him without going to trial and without spending even a single day in jail.
| Preceded by The Runaway Jury |
John Grisham Novels 1997 |
Succeeded by The Street Lawyer |
| John Grisham's novels (as of 2006) | |
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1980s: A Time to Kill |
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2000s: The Innocent Man |
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