The Partner by Grisham, John

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - 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.

They watched Danilo Silva for days before they finally grabbed him. He was living alone, a quiet life on a shady street in Brazil; a simple life in a modest home, certainly not one of luxury. Certainly no evidence of the fortune they thought he had stolen. He was much thinner and his face had been altered. He spoke a different language, and spoke it very well. But Danilo had a past with many chapters.

Four years earlier he had been Patrick Lanigan, a young partner in a prominent Biloxi law firm. He had a pretty wife, a new daughter, and a bright future. Then one cold winter night Patrick was trapped in a burning car and died a horrible death. When he was buried his casket held nothing more than his ashes.From a short distance away, Patrick watched his own burial. Then he fled. Six weeks later, a fortune was stolen from his ex-law firm's offshore account. And Patrick fled some more. But they found him.

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Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 02/26/1997
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.62h x 6.42w x 1.21d
ISBN: 9780385472951

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 17
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 18826 / Partner


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/10/1997 pg. 69
Booklist 03/15/1997 pg. 1205
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/1997 pg. 160
Library Journal Prepub Alert 04/15/1997 pg. 60

About the Author
John Grisham is the author of forty-seven consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include The Judge's List, Sooley, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which is being developed by HBO as a limited series.

Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.

When he's not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system.

John lives on a farm in central Virginia.