num_pages: 73
description: When the Supreme Court's most liberal and most conservative justices are gunned down, law student Darby Shaw builds a case against a powerful suspect, whose threats send her underground.
language: English
title: The Pelican Brief
titlecomplete: The Pelican Brief (Penguin Readers, Level 5)
characters: Gavin  Verheek, Gray Grantham, Thomas Callahan, Darby Shaw, Victor Mattiece
genres: Law, Thriller, Novels, Adult Fiction, Crime, Suspense, Legal Thriller, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 423233
places: Washington, D.C., New Orleans, Louisiana
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Evergreen Teen Book Award
publisher: Pearson ESL