The Associate - John Grisham

HE’S THEIR LAWYER. HE’S THEIR INSIDER. HE’S THEIR SPY.

Kyle McAvoy is one of the outstanding legal students of his generation. But he has a secret in his past, a secret that threatens to destroy his fledgling career and, possibly, his entire life.

That secret has fallen into the hands of the wrong people, and the only way Kyle can protect it is to play their game. They want him to become an associate at the largest law firm in the world. With a big salary and great prospects, the job would be a dream come true for most ambitious young lawyers.

But for Kyle it’s a nightmare as, in addition to practising law, he must also lie, steal, and take part in a scheme that could send him to prison – if it doesn’t get him killed first…