The Street Lawyer -- John Grisham, Paperback

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Michael Brock is billing the hours, making the money, rushing relentlessly to the top of Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm. One step away from partnership, Michael has it all. Then, in an instant, it all comes undone.

A homeless man takes nine lawyers hostage in the firm's plush offices. When it is all over, the man's blood is splattered on Michael's face--and suddenly Michael is willing to do the unthinkable. Rediscovering a conscience he lost long ago, Michael is leaving the big time for the streets where his attacker once lived--and where society's powerless need an advocate for justice.

But there's one break Michael can't make: from a secret that has floated up from the depths of Drake & Sweeney, from a confidential file that is now in Michael's hands, and from a conspiracy that has already taken lives. Now Michael's former partners are about to become his bitter enemies. Because to them, Michael Brock is the most dangerous man on the streets.

Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 11/23/2010
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 7.55h x 4.27w x 1.07d
ISBN: 9780440245957

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 15
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 35654 / Street Lawyer

About the Author
John Grisham has written twenty-two novels, including The Confession, which is available in October 2010. He has also written a fiction collection, Ford County: Stories; a work of nonfiction, The Innocent Man; and a children's book, Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer. He lives in Virginia and Mississippi.