It`s a deadly game of blackmail. And they`re making him play. Kyle McAvoy is one of the outstanding legal students of his generation: he`s good looking, has a brilliant mind and a glittering future ahead of him. But he has a secret from his past, a secret that threatens to destroy his entire life. One night that secret catches up with him in the form of a deeply compromising video of the incident that haunts him. Kyle realises that he no longer owns his own future - that he must do as his blackmailers tell him, or the video will be made public, with all the unpleasant consequences. What price do they demand for Kyle`s secret? It is for Kyle to take a job in New York as an associate at the largest law firm in the world. Kyle won`t be working for this company, but against it - passing on the secrets of it`s biggest trial to date, a dispute worth billions of dollars to the victor. Full of twists and turns and reminiscent of The Firm, The Associate is vintage John Grisham. - from Amzon