Title: The Firm - John Grisham - book
Summary :
Briefcase in hand, a young man runs breathlessly through the streets of Memphis. His name is Mitch McDeere: third in his Harvard law class, he surprised everyone by choosing the firm of Bendini, Lambert & Locke. This highly confidential Memphis firm was able to secure his collaboration with irresistible arguments.
So what fantastic contract is our brilliant lawyer rushing towards, to the point of forgetting the seriousness necessary to the profession?
Mitch has a very good reason for running like this: to save his life.