num_pages: 276
description: The office of the public defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C. every week.As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, looking at the kind of enormous settlement that would totally change his life--that would make him, almost overnight, the legal profession's newest king of torts...'From the Hardcover edition'
language: English
title: The King of Torts
titlecomplete: The King of Torts
characters: The judge in Flagstaff, Three men from Reedsburg, Dale Mooneyham, Rodney (The King of Torts), Bob Mitchell, Tequila Watson, Marcus Hanna, Valeria (The King of Torts), Mark Munson, Rebecca Van Horn, Paul Watson, Captain Maltbee, Oscar Mulrooney, Helen Warshaw, Jonah (The King of Torts), The Governor of Virginia, Art Mariani, Dr. Livian, Max Pace, Talmadge X, Captain Floyd and Gunter, Wicks (The King of Torts), Bandy and others, Glenda (The King of Torts), Paulette Tulos, Jason Shubert Myers IV, The President of the United States (The King of Torts), Marshall (The King of Torts), Ted Worley, Adelpha Pumphrey, Rex Crittle, Ridley (The King of Torts), Clay Carter, Ian Ludkin, Nora Tackett, Roger Redding, Carlos Hernandez and 2 others in New Orleans, Derek with the Financial Weekly, Bennett and Barb Van Horn, Miss Glick, Roy Rogers (The King of Torts), Julia (The King of Torts), Barry and Harry, Jermaine Vance, Jarrett Carter, Patton French, Reporter at the Wall Street Journal, Zack Battle, Agents Spooner and Lohse, Mel Snelling, Pumpkin (The King of Torts)
genres: Law, Thriller, Novels, Crime, Suspense, Legal Thriller, Adult, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 84264
places: Arizona, Mississippi, Flagstaff, Arizona, Biloxi, Mississippi, Washington, D.C., Caribbean Islands
publisher: Delta