The King Of Torts

<p>Clay Carter has been working in The Office of the Public Defender for too long and he dreams of better things. <br><br>When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing he assumes it's just another of the many senseless murders that hit Washington D.C. every week.<br><br> But as he digs deeper Clay stumbles upon a conspiracy too horrifying to believe. A pharmaceutical giant has been secretly and illegally testing a new drug on addicts - one that helps stop addiction but which drives them to random acts of violence.<br><br> Overnight Clay becomes a celebrity among lawyers and a national media figure.<br><br> <b>But as the financial stakes rise so does the danger...</b><br><b><br>_______________________________________</b><br><b>'A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' </b>- <i>Irish Independent</i><br><br><b>'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction' </b>- Jodi Picoult<br><br><b>'The best thriller writer alive' </b>- Ken Follett<br><br><b>'</b><b>John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing fast-paced thrillers' </b>- <i>Telegraph</i> <br><br><b>'Grisham is a superb instinctive storyteller' </b>-<i> The Times</i><br><br><b>'Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama the master is in a league of his own.'</b> - <i>Daily Record</i><br><br><b>'Masterful - when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip drawing scenes so real they're not just alive they're pulsating' </b>- <i>Mirror</i><br><br><b>'A giant of the thriller genre' </b>- <i>TimeOut</i></p>