Sometimes, I'd have a situation in The Pelican Brief , and I'd question how a woman would react. I really get into it. I did a lot of criminal work as an attorney, and learned a lot about it from that. It's not as difficult as it may seem, to disappear. I always wonder why people would voluntarily show up in court and go to jail for ten years.
Some people have absolutely nothing to lose if they disappear.
Grisham may have a criminal bent to his mind, but he was serious in his role of attorney. Of course, I never told my clients to get out of town or anything. I did have one guy who went to jail, and he escaped. He changed his name and got a job. I was pulling for the guy not to get caught.