The partner - John Grisham

They kidnapped him in a small town in Brazil. He had changed his name and his appearance, but they were sure they had their man. The search had cost their clients three and a half million dollars.

Four years before, he had been called Patrick S. Lanigan. He had died in a car crash in February 1992. His gravestone lay in a cemetery in Biloxi, Mississippi. He had been a partner at an up and coming law firm, had a pretty wife, a new daughter, and a bright future. Six weeks after his death, $90 million had disappeared from the law firm. It was then that his partners knew he was still alive, and the long pursuit had begun…