The Partner

The Story

They hired him.ááThey trusted him.ááNow they don't want justice--they want revenge....For four years, Patrick had often wondered how it would feel if they caught him.Now he was terror-stricken.ááPractically naked and strapped down like an animal, he knew the next few hours would be insufferable....Once he was a well-liked, well-paid young partner in a thriving Mississippi law firm.ááThen Patrick Lanigan stole ninety million dollars from his own firm--and ran for his life.ááFor four years, he evaded men who were rich, powerful, and would stop at nothing to find him.ááThen, inevitably, on the edge of the Brazilian jungle, they finally tracked him down.Now Patrick is coming home.ááAnd in the Mississippi city where it all began, an extraordinary trial is about to begin.ááAs prosecutors circle like sharks, as Patrick's lawyer prepares his defense, as Patrick's lover prays for his deliverance and his former partners wait for their revenge, another story is about to emerge.ááBecause 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....