Kyle McAvoy is a handsome law student and prominent in his generation. He has a brilliant mind and a bright future. But Kyle
has a dark past and a secret to him. Secret that could threaten and destroy careers, and perhaps his entire life.
One night, a secret that haunted him was known by some bad guys in a dark alley. Those people have a videotape of the incident conducted by Kyle. They told him that he no longer will have its future if the video was known by others. Kyle must follow the wishes of the bad guys, and he had to do what they tell him. If he does not comply with the order, the video will be known to the public with all the unpleasant consequences.
What price they are asking for the secrets of Kyle? How strange, he just asked to work at a company renowned law firm in the world, which dreams are made of many law students. In addition to legal practice in the firm, he expected to lie, steal, and take part in a scheme that could send him to prison, and even allows it to be killed. Now he was trapped between the forces that manipulate the criminal himself and the FBI, who liked to unmask the conspiracy. Does intelligence, cunning, and courage enough to detach himself from the dilemma?
The story of this novel is full of twists and turns and reminds us of The Firm.
"The
Associate" is the 22nd legal thriller novel from
John Grisham's, published on January 27, 2009, which printed 2.8 million copies for the first printing.