Clay Carter has been working in The Office of the Public Defender for too long and he dreams of better things.
When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it''s just another of the many senseless murders that hit Washington D.C. every week.
But as he digs deeper, Clay stumbles upon a conspiracy too horrifying to believe. A pharmaceutical giant has been secretly and illegally testing a new drug on addicts - one that helps stop addiction, but which drives them to random acts of violence.
Overnight, Clay becomes a celebrity among lawyers and a national media figure.
But as the financial stakes rise, so does the danger...
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''A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos'' - Irish Independent
''John Grisham is the master of legal fiction'' - Jodi Picoult
