The Pelican Brief

The Pelican BriefIn suburban Georgetown a killer's Reeboks whisper on the front floor of a posh home In a seedy D. C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted to death The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And in New Orleans, a young law student prepares a legal brief To Darby Shaw it was no more than a legal shot in the dark, a brilliant guess. To the Washington establishment it was political dynamite. Suddenly

In suburban Georgetown a killer's Reeboks whisper on the front floor of a posh home... In a seedy D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted to death... The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And in New Orleans, a young law student prepares a legal brief... To Darby Shaw it was no more than a legal shot in the dark, a brilliant guess. To the Washington establishment it was political dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder -- a murder intended for her. Going underground, she finds there is only one person she can trust -- an ambitious reporter after a newsbreak hotter than Watergate -- to help her piece together the deadly puzzle. Somewhere between the bayous of Louisiana and the White House's inner sanctums, a violent cover-up is being engineered. For somone has read Darby's brief. Someone who will stop at nothing to destroy the evidence of an unthinkable crime.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Delta
Published: 04/25/2006
ISBN: 9780385339704
Pages: 387
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.87d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 11732 / Pelican Brief
Reading Level: 4.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 16