- The Partner
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name = The Partner
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author =John Grisham
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country =United States
language = English
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genre =Legal thriller
publisher = Doubleday
release_date = 1997
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media_type =Hardcover ,paperback
pages = 466
isbn = 0-385-47295-1"The Partner" (
1997 ) is a legal/thrillernovel by noted American authorJohn Grisham .Plot
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 shipbuilding 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 in a fake death. 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, which conveniently, he doesn't know. 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 foresight that one day he will inevitably be caught, and his immaculate preparation for such a situation. The FBI, the state authorities, his widow and even his lawyer are all at times amazed by the depth of his planning. The beauty of this story is that Patrick defends himself against all the charges, without going to trial, and without spending even a single day in jail. And in the most unexpected twist at the end of the story, the hunted becomes the hunter as Patrick's lover steals the money and runs away.
This was the first novel written by John Grisham that was not adapted into a film, until it was announced on September 30, 2008 in [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3if965d7b680521402d96eca93019575a0?imw=Y The Hollywood Reporter] that [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668754/ Ann Peacock] would be adapting the #1 New York Times Best-Selling book into a feature for Oscar-winning producer [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153590/ Robert Chartoff] and [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0376274/ Lynn Hendee] for [http://www.imdb.com/company/co0094865/ Chartoff Productions] and newcomer [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2250396/ Grant Turck] for [http://www.velocity-la.com/ Velocity Management] .
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