Paperback, 422 pages
English language
Published Jan. 8, 1993 by Centruy.
The Law. the Mob, a murder - and the mind of an eleven-year-old child... An eleven-year-old has discovered a secret that not even an adult should know. A US State Senator is dead, and Mark Sway is the only one who knows where the body is hidden . The FBI want him to tell them where it is, at whatever cost to Mark and his family. The killer wants him silenced forever. Only one woman lawyer can save them from these twin threats. Together with Mark she must take on the might of the State and the wiles of a cold-blooded killer.
John Grisham's previous three novels, The Firm, The Pelican Brief and A Time To Kill have all been No 1 bestsellers throughout the world. He is now the most successful thriller-writer of the decade. --back cover
Grisham is a master of the legal thriller. The Client tells the story of an 11-year-old who witnesses the suicide of a high-powered attorney and is expected by all around to know more than he should about a certain client of that lawyer.
The book follows Mark Sway and his lawyer Reggie Love as they attempt to find the magic balance between doing the right thing and keeping Mark safe. It's a great book.
