The Partner: A Novel

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Once he was a well-liked well-paid young partner in a thriving Mississippi law firm. Then he stole ninety million dollars from his own firmand ran for his life. One terrific booksmart fast stingingly satiric and almost criminally entertaining.Entertainment Weekly For four years Patrick Lanigan evaded men who were rich and powerful and who would stop at nothing to find him. Then inevitably on the edge of the Brazilian jungle they finally tracked him down. Now Patrick is coming home. And in the Mississippi city where it all began an extraordinary trial is about to begin. As prosecutors circle like sharks as Patricks lawyer prepares his defense as Patricks lover prays for his deliverance and his former partners wait for their revenge another story is about to emerge. Because Patrick Lanigan the most reviled white-collar criminal of his time knows something that no one else in the world knows. He knows the truth.