L'avocat du diable

Et délivrez-nous du bien !... Kevin Taylor croit rêver lorsqu'on lui propose de travailler pour l'un des plus célèbres cabinets d'avocats de New York, Milton and Associates. Enorme augmentation, chauffeur, limousine, splendide appartement de fonction dans le même immeuble que son patron. D'emblée, on lui confie l'une des affaires criminelles les plus retentissantes du moment. Le dossier est prêt à être plaidé. Mais bientôt, Kevin s'aperçoit qu'en fait le dossier était déjà prêt bien avant le crime... Qui est vraiment John Milton ? Pourquoi le cabinet ne perd-il jamais la moindre affaire ? Pourquoi les assassins se retrouvent-ils toujours blanchis ? When Kevin Taylor joins the Manhattan criminal law firm of John Milton & Associates, he's hit the big time. At last, he and his wife can enjoy the luxuries they've so desired--money, a chauffeur-driven limo, and a stunning home in a high-rise. Then Milton assigns Kevin one of the most notorious cases of the year, with a file that had been put together prior to the crime. Throwing himself into his work, Kevin begins to see a pattern of evil emerging from behind the firm's plush facade. Acquittal after acquittal, every criminal client walks free, and Kevin's suspicions slowly give way to terror. For Kevin has just become The Devil's Advocate. Twenty-eight-year-old Kevin Taylor looked up from the papers spread out over the long chestnut-brown table before him and paused, pretending to think deeply about something before cross-examining the witness.