Resumo de The Firm - John Grisham

The Firm runs deep with deception and mysterious murders. It all starts with a lawyer, Mitch McDeere fresh out of Harvard Law school, who gets recruited by Bendini, Lambert & Lockre one of the top law firms in the world. The firm is filled with forty very wealthy lawyers and partners, whose businessesare keptvery secretive and looked after very carefully and mysteriously. Mitch McDeere has just graduated from law school, he has a beautiful wife, and a new job at a renowned Law Firm. With the job comes a new house, a new BMW, the choice of going to work whenever he wants to and numerous trips to the Cayman Islands.Little does Mitch know that the Firm has a key to both the house and his car. The board of the Firm get worried when an FBI agent by the name of Wayne Tarrence approaches Mitch in a cafe asking questions and telling him not to trust anybody from the firm. Not knowing what to do Mitch goes to the board of the firm and tells them of most of the conversation that he andthe FBI agent had leaving out minor details that he thinks he should keep to himself. Getting worried the people at the Firm decide to use the keys to Mitch's car and house to gain access to his house without anybody noticing so they could plant microphones and transmitters in his house to know about his whereabouts and conversations.

The head of the firm sends Mitch on a business trip to the Caymanislandswith another employee of the Firm. The head of the firm set it up so that Mitch and the other employee would meet two girls have dinner, a few drinks and maybe a little more might happen. Mitch doesn't take the bait and ditches his date. As he is walking down the beach a young attractive women approaches him and they begin to talk. After a few more drinks Mitch decides nobody would find out and that there is nobody on the beach to see what happened. Little did Mitch know the firm had hired her too and they had taken pictures and everything to use against him. Soon Mitch and Abby find out about organised crime, blackmail and danger as the true colours of this law firm are revealed.This book is a perfect example of how large corporations can deceive and manipulate its employees with money and other ways of black mail. The book showsdeception in moreways than one and how deception and betrayal is everywhere, including the legal system.

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