The Firm
A Novel
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4.2 • 98 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER • The iconic legal thriller that launched the career of America’s favorite storyteller, hailed as “an absolute master” (The Washington Post)
“[An] ingenious man-in-the-middle thriller.”—Entertainment Weekly
Mitch McDeere has worked hard to get where he is: third in his class at Harvard Law. Aggressively recruited by all the top firms, and initially headed for Wall Street, Mitch surprises everyone by joining Bendini, Lambert & Locke, a very private, very rich tax firm in Memphis. Mitch and his wife, Abby, move to Tennessee and quickly settle into their new life: they’re young, happy, and on the fast track. Or so they think.
Soon, though, Mitch senses trouble: two of the partners die in a suspicious diving accident off Grand Cayman; the firm’s management is overly proud of the fact that no one has ever resigned; and security measures at the firm, even for a company with billionaire clients, are more than a little stringent. Then, suddenly, Mitch’s vague suspicions come to life.
The FBI has the lowdown on Mitch’s firm and needs his help. Now Mitch is caught between a rock and a hard place. The FBI will bust him if he doesn’t cooperate, and the firm will kill him if he does. There’s no way out.
Or is there?
The story continues in The Exchange, the “breathtaking” (The Wall Street Journal) sequel to The Firm!
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
When it comes to legal thrillers, John Grisham’s pulse-pounding novel The Firm is a top-tier classic. Young tax attorney Mitch McDeere is a rising star at a high-powered Memphis law firm…until the FBI shows up and starts asking him questions. With pressures from the Feds on one side and danger from his employer’s mob links on the other, Mitch plots a delicate plan to keep himself alive and out of jail. Grisham is a master of suspense, using his inside knowledge as a former attorney to create perilously high stakes. He makes you feel like the walls are closing in further and further, until that slow build gives way to a runaway train of danger and shocking reveals. The Firm has remained a pop culture sensation since it was first released, and when you dive into this breathless read, it’s easy to see why.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Grisham's gripping fiction debut describes the inner workings of a law firm set up by the Mafia to launder money and concoct tax evasions. Mitchell McDeere, third in his class at Harvard Law, is wooed relentlessly by the prestigious Memphis tax firm of Bendini, Lambert and Locke. Succumbing to the firm's high-powered salesmanship, he rejects some of the country's best-known firms to join the group, where he is awed by the opulent lifestyle pressed upon him. But the company has ruthless, underhanded methods of gathering information (they wire the homes of all associates) and ensuring loyalty (social situations are severely monitored). The firm's mania for security and secrecy, combined with the fact that the only lawyers who have ever left did so in coffins--five in 15 years--arouse Mitch and wife Abby's curiosity, and they rapidly find themselves in a labyrinth of intrigue and danger. Grisham, a criminal defense attorney, lucidly describes law office procedures at the highest levels, smoothly meshing them with the criminal events of the narrative. Mitch and Abby are appealing characters, though a suspension of disbelief may be required to accept their super-cool behavior while they are on the run from both the FBI and the Mafia. Nonetheless, readers will be totally hooked by this unusual and absorbing story. 50,000 first printing; Literary Guild main selection; movie rights to Paramount.
Customer Reviews
The Firm
Spectacular! Couldn’t put it down.
Great!
Its a slow burn, but wants the the flame got going I couldn’t put this book down! Love it!
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What a Fantastic Combination in Mercedes CLK Convertible thinking is CLK that was in the Movie iN Silver iRiDiUM Colour with BLACK Cloth Convertible Top and Bright Red Leather Seats is the Car that “The Firm” Bendiny Lambert & Loch PiR’CHASE to MiTCH McDEER as Sign iN Bonus or “iNCentive” and perhaps congratulations gift towards having completed the exam. The Book is actually great and holding integrity ~ I Cannot Say with certainty if I ever completed the entire book; I did watch the entire movie at the Theatres is Rareti to ME MiCHEL J MAiLLET as hardly does me ever go to the theatre. Cert times me wonders if watching the ending in ones owns productions is the best thing to do… what if the good guys get to me in the MoV. Right. But then once there is all true integrity. ~ MiCHEL J MAiLLET ~ Thanks!