The King of Torts

A public defender picks up an unremarkable case and finds a thread running back to a pharmaceutical company with a great deal to lose. John Grisham follows the money that mass tort litigation can generate, tracking a lawyer's rise from a modest office to sudden wealth and the compromises that arrive with it. Courtroom procedure, settlement negotiation and corporate manoeuvring carry the plot, while the question of what success costs runs alongside. The legal detail stays clear enough for readers new to the genre. How it reads: • Legal thriller centred on mass litigation rather than a single trial • Plot driven by ambition and the pull of fast money • Procedural detail explained without specialist vocabulary • A standalone novel that needs no earlier reading Recommended for thriller readers, for followers of Grisham's legal fiction, and for readers who like ethical questions inside a quick plot, available from Boipoka.