Because to them, Michael Brock is the most dangerous man on the streets.From the Paperback edition. The Street Lawyer is about a lawyer named Michael Brock,who works for a law firm Drake and Sweeney. Now Michael's former partners are about to become his bitter enemies. The setting of the book takes place in Washington D.C. Rediscovering a conscience he lost long ago, Michael is leaving the big time for the streets where his attacker once lived-and where society's powerless need an advocate for justice.But there's one break Michael can't make: from a secret that has floated up from the depths of Drake & Sweeney, from a confidential file that is now in Michael's hands, and from a conspiracy that has already taken lives. When it is all over, the man's blood is splattered on Michael's face-and suddenly Michael is willing to do the unthinkable. Read 2,779 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. Then, in an instant, it all comes undone.A homeless man takes nine lawyers hostage in the firm's plush offices. John Grisham is the author of forty-seven consecutive 1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. One step away from partnership, Michael has it all. The Street Lawyer is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham.

Now all he has left is the law.Michael Brock is billing the hours, making the money, rushing relentlessly to the top of Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. The Street Lawyer A gripping crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of mystery and suspense Paperback Shop Now Summary A gripping legal thriller from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author and creator of Sooley and The Judges List.

The Street Lawyer by John Grisham