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Book Review of The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief
Author: John Grisham
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


"In suburban Georgetown a killer's Reeboks whisper on the floor of a posh home....In a seedy D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted to death...

The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And, in New Orleans, a young law student prepares a legal brief...

To Darby Shaw it was no more than a legal shot in the dark, a brilliant guess. To the Washington establishment it was political dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder - a murder intended for her. Going underground, she finds there is only one person she can trust - an ambitious reporter after a newsbreak greater than Watergate - to help her piece together the deadly puzzle. Somewhere between the bayous of Louisiana and the White House's inner sanctums, a violent cover-up is being engineered. For someone has read Darby's brief. Someone who will stop at nothing to destroy the evidence of an unthinkable crime."