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Book Review of The Partner

The Partner
The Partner
Author: John Grisham
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
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Once he was a well-liked, well-paid young partner in a thriving Mississippi law firm. Then Patrick Lonigan stole ninety million dollors from his own firm- and ran his life. For four years, he evaded men who were rich, powerful, and would stop at nothing to find him. Then, inevitably, on the edge of the Brazilian jungle, the finally tracked him down.

Now Patrick is coming home. And in the Mississippi city where it all began, an extraordiary trial is about to begin. AS prosecutors circle like sharks, as Patrick's lawyer prepares his defense, as Patrick's lover prays for his deliverance and his former partners wait for their revenge, another story is about to emerge. Because Patrick Lanigan, the most reviled white-collar criminal of his time, knows something that no one else in the world knows. He knows the truth....