Although this book is not new, it is one of John Grisham's later attempts at recycling his very successful formula of legal dramas. If you are not familiar with John Grisham then this will be an easy introduction to him and you will probably enjoy the story of boom and bust of a youngish lawyer.

The story follows the career of Clay Carter, a public defence lawyer, who quite by accident suddenly finds himself amongst the big shot tort lawyers making millions from a pharmaceutical companies. Within just a few months, he goes from a Honda Accord to his own private jet. Unfortunately for him, greed gets the better of him and things start to go wrong and the money disappears even quicker than it appeared.

John Grisham knows how to write a good story and, whilst the plot may feel a bit over-familar to anyone who has read a number of his other books, you do find yourself getting drawn into the story and wanting to read on to find out what will happen next to the main character.

Perhaps the most interesting part of the book was actually learning how tort lawyers operate in practice. Although litigation was mainly an American phenomenom, it is rapidly spreading in the UK and, as this book makes clear, that is certainly not a good thing.

There is nothing to dislike about this novel and it's an enjoyable and easy read. It is not one of Grisham's best but then neither is it one of his worst.