THE PELICAN BRIEF

  In suburban Georgetown a killer's Reeboks whisper on the floor of a posh home....In a seedy D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted to death...The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And in New Orleans, a young law student prepares a legal brief....

The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And in New Orleans, a young law student prepares a legal brief....

  To Darby Shaw it was no more than a legal shot in the dark,a brilliant guess. To the Washington establishment it was political dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder--a murder intended for her. Going underground, she finds there is only one person she can trust--an ambitious reporter after a newsbreak hotter than Watergate--to help her piece together the deadly puzzle. Somewhere between the bayous of Louisiana and the White House"s inner sanctums, a violent cover-up is being engineered. For someone has read Darby"s brief. Someone who will stop at nothing to destroy the evidence of an unthinkable crime.