He is returned to detention, and after faking a medical condition, is taken to the hospital, from which he escapes, eventually taking refuge with Reggie. Mark and Reggie appear before the judge, but, scared out of his wits, Mark "takes the Fifth" and refuses to reveal what he knows. This is reluctantly approved by Roosevelt and Mark is arrested in the hospital room where Ricky is recovering. ![]() The FBI apply to Harry Roosevelt, a judge of the Juvenile Court, to arrange Mark's detention for his own protection. Foltrigg and his staff plot methods to get Mark to reveal where the body is hidden, and also plot to get Reggie into court, hoping to pierce attorney-client confidentiality, assuming that Reggie actually knows the location of the body. ![]() Roaming the hospital, Mark is cornered and threatened by Nance that he'll kill him if he talks.įoltrigg, a glory-seeking lawyer with political aspirations, known as "Reverend Roy" because of his penchant for preaching to juries, arrives at the offices of George Ord, the United States attorney in Memphis, where he is less than welcome. Reggie represents Mark in an interview with the FBI, knowing that she does not have the full story. ![]() Two Mafia operatives, Bono and Pirini, are dispatched from New Orleans to Memphis to see what Mark knows they hire local "security specialists," Nance and Sisson, to snoop at the hospital. Reggie suspects that Mark has not told her the complete story, including the location of the body. By coincidence, he meets Regina "Reggie" Love, a lawyer specializing in child abuse cases, who agrees to represent him for a token retainer of one dollar. Street-smart beyond his years, he realizes that he will need a lawyer. Authorities - and the Mob - suspect that Clifford may have told Mark where the body is.Īt the hospital, the FBI urgently want to talk to Mark. Ricky becomes catatonic after witnessing the suicide and is hospitalized. Mark manages to escape, and Clifford then shoots himself. Clifford tells Mark that he is about to kill himself to avoid being murdered by Muldanno, who has revealed to him the location of Boyette's body. The man, under the influence of drugs and alcohol, reveals himself to be lawyer Jerome Clifford. Trying to remove the hose, Mark is grabbed by the man and forced into the car. Mark and Ricky are smoking cigarettes in the woods near their home, when they encounter a man trying to commit suicide by piping exhaust fumes into his car. The FBI stalk Muldanno, hoping he'll lead them to the body.Įleven-year-old Mark Sway, his younger brother Ricky, and their divorced mother Dianne live in a trailer park in Memphis. Barry "The Blade" Muldanno, a well-known thug and nephew of Johnny Sulari, acting boss of the New Orleans crime family is suspected. ![]() But no body can be found and Roy Foltrigg, United States Attorney in New Orleans, is desperate for a suspect. Because of his vocal opposition to a proposed major toxic landfill project by a company known to be Mafia-backed, murder is suspected. Plot īoyd Boyette, a United States Senator from Louisiana, goes missing. The Client (1993) is a legal thriller written by American author John Grisham, set mostly in Memphis, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana.
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