Because to them, Michael Brock is the most dangerous man on the streets.From the Paperback edition.

Now Michael's former partners are about to become his bitter enemies. I smelled him though-the pungent odor of smoke and cheap wine and life on the street without soap. Grisham demonstrated he could produce bestsellers without legal aid with The Painted House and Skipping Christmas, and hell undoubtedly do so again with this slight but likable novel of high.

Rediscovering a conscience he lost long ago, Michael is leaving the big time for the streets where his attacker once lived-and where society's powerless need an advocate for justice.But there's one break Michael can't make: from a secret that has floated up from the depths of Drake & Sweeney, from a confidential file that is now in Michael's hands, and from a conspiracy that has already taken lives. The man with the rubber boots stepped into the elevator behind me, but I didn't see him at first. Rediscovering a conscience he lost long ago, Michael is leaving the big time for the streets where his attacker once lived-and where societys powerless need an advocate for justice. When it is all over, the man's blood is splattered on Michael's face-and suddenly Michael is willing to do the unthinkable. Then, in an instant, it all comes undone.A homeless man takes nine lawyers hostage in the firm's plush offices. One step away from partnership, Michael has it all. Now all he has left is the law.Michael Brock is billing the hours, making the money, rushing relentlessly to the top of Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C.

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