<p>Clay Carter has been working in The Office of the Public Defender for too long and he dreams of better things. <br><br>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.<br><br> 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.<br><br> Overnight, Clay becomes a celebrity among lawyers and a national media figure.<br><br><b>But as the financial stakes rise, so does the danger...</b><br><b><br>_______________________________________</b><br><b>''A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos'' </b>- <i>Irish Independent</i><br><br><b>''John Grisham is the master of legal fiction'' </b>- Jodi Picoult<br><br><b