The litigators - John Grisham

The partners at Finley & Figg-all two of them-often refer to
themselves as "a boutique law firm." Boutique, as in chic, selective,
and prosperous. They are, of course, none of these things. What they are
is a two-bit operation always in search of their big break, ambulance
chasers who've been in the trenches much too long making way too little.
Their specialties, so to speak, are quickie divorces and DUIs, with the
occasional jackpot of an actual car wreck thrown in. After twenty plus
years together, Oscar Finley and Wally Figg bicker like an old married
couple but somehow continue to scratch out a half-decent living from
their seedy bungalow offices in southwest Chicago.

And then
change comes their way. More accurately, it stumbles in. David Zinc, a
young but already burned-out attorney, walks away from his fast-track
career at a fancy downtown firm, goes on a serious bender, and finds
himself literally at the doorstep of our boutique firm. Once David
sobers up and comes to grips with the fact that he's suddenly
unemployed, any job-even one with Finley & Figg-looks okay to him.


With
their new associate on board, F&F is ready to tackle a really big
case, a case that could make the partners rich without requiring them to
actually practice much law. An extremely popular drug, Krayoxx, the
number one cholesterol reducer for the dangerously overweight, produced
by Varrick Labs, a giant pharmaceutical company with annual sales of $25
billion, has recently come under fire after several patients taking it
have suffered heart attacks. Wally smells money.

A little online
research confirms Wally's suspicions-a huge plaintiffs' firm in Florida
is putting together a class action suit against Varrick. All Finley
& Figg has to do is find a handful of people who have had heart
attacks while taking Krayoxx, convince them to become clients, join the
class action, and ride along to fame and fortune. With any luck, they
won't even have to enter a courtroom!

It almost seems too good to be true.


And it is.

The Litigators is
a tremendously entertaining romp, filled with the kind of courtroom
strategies, theatrics, and suspense that have made John Grisham
America's favorite storyteller.