About the original book

The Client 

Author: John Grisham 

Released: 1993 
Main Characters: Reggie Love, Jerome Clifford, Roy Foltrig, Dianne Sway, Mark Sway, Rick Sway and Barry Muldano. 

Plot: The brothers Rick and Mark Sway were smoking cigarettes next to their house behind the trees when they saw a man at his car. The man was screaming and had an appearance of someone who was desperate.

Mark, the oldest brother, decided to go at the car to talk with the man. His name was Jerome Clifford, a lawyer. Before the brothers witnessed his suicide, Clifford told Mark a secret. After this Rick got trauma because of that scene and Mark was scared with the secret. They returned to their home. Rick needed a doctor and went to the hospital with his mother, Dianne. In the hospital Mark decided to find a lawyer to ask for help. 

He met Reggie Love and she agreed to help Sway's family but, not yet, she didn't know about the secret. Mafia members and FBI pressured Mark because they believed he knew something. They wanted Mark to reveal what he knew. It was an adventure to Mark and Reggie, with some suspense and risks involving the secret, FBI and Mafia. Mark was placed in custody to stay safe. When the judge and the court decided about the Sway's life, Mark showed Reggie details about the secret e told what he knew. 

So, Clifford was a Mafia's lawyer and his client, the gangster Barry Muldano, murdered a U.S senator and hid the body under the Clifford's boat.