01378cam a2200301 i 4500 214752392 TxAuBib 20101214120000.0 030429s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780385508049 hardcover $27.95 0385508042 hardcover $27.95 TxAuBib rda Grisham, John. The king of torts / John Grisham. First edition. New York : Doubleday, 2003. 376 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier The office of the public defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C. every week. As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe. AR 6.0 17.0 68168 M. 20070411. Legal fiction (Literature.) Suspense fiction. Mystery fiction. Murder mystery Fiction.