Clean Hands (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780802129536)

Corporate lawyer Elizabeth Carlyle is under a lot of pressure. Her prestigious New York law firm is working on the most high-stakes case in company history, defending a prominent bank. When Elizabeth gets the news that one of her junior associates has lost his phone--and the secret documents that were on it--she needs help. Badly.

Enter ex-CIA officer Valencia Walker, a high-priced fixer who gets called in when governments, corporations, and plutocrats need their problems solved discretely. But things get complicated when the missing phone is retrieved: somebody has already copied the documents, and now they're blackmailing the firm. The situation gets murkier still when stories about the documents start appearing in the press and a tragic suicide seems staged, hinting that darker forces may be churning below the surface. With billions of dollars on the line, Elizabeth and Valencia must maneuver and outmaneuver whomever is behind this, and, most importantly, keep their hands clean.

This is a world of private security, private diplomacy, and private justice. A sharply drawn cast of characters--dirty lawyers, black-market traders, Russian criminals, and extra-judicial actors, all take part in this breakneck tour through New York. Authentic, tense, and impossible to put down, Clean Hands gives a vivid look at the connections between corporations, government, and the underworld.

Author: Patrick Hoffman
ISBN-10: 0802129536
ISBN-13: 9780802129536
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Language: English
Published: 06/02/2020
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/24/2020
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2020
Booklist 05/01/2020 pg. 38
Library Journal 06/01/2020 pg. 60