| The Client Contributor(s): Grisham, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385339089 ISBN-13: 9780385339087 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2005 Annotation: In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up to the curb...Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance encounter with a suicidal lawyer left Mark knowing a bloody and explosive secret: the whereabouts of the most sought-after dead body in America. Now Mark is caught between a legal system gone mad and a mob killer desperate to cover up his crime. And his only ally is a woman named Reggie Love, who has been a lawyer for all of four years. Prosecutors are willing to break all the rules to make Mark talk. The mob will stop at nothing to keep him quiet. And Reggie will do anything to protect her client -- even take a last, desperate gamble that could win Mark his freedom... or cost them both their lives. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Legal - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005273612 |
| Lexile Measure: 730 |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 5.3" W x 8.08" (0.81 lbs) 496 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Tennessee - Locality - Memphis, Tennessee - Locality - New Orleans, Louisiana - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Cultural Region - Deep South |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 10927 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 20.0 |