PELICAN BRIEF, THE （ISBN=9780440214045）

Two Supreme Court Justices are dead. Their murders remain unsolved. Darby Shaw, a brilliant and beautiful New Orleans legal student, draws up a speculative legal brief which links the deaths and uncovers an astonishing presidential conspiracy. When her boyfriend is atomised in a car bomb, it becomes clear that somebody is intent on silencing Darby for good. Somebody who will stop at nothing to preserve the secrets of the Pelican Brief...

John Grisham is the author of twenty-one previous novels, one work of non-fiction, a collection of short stories, and a novel for young readers. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi.