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In his final semester of law school, Rudy Baylor "finds himself taking on one of the most powerful, corrupt, and ruthless companies in America -- and exposing a complex, multibillion-dollar insurance scam."
First publish date: 1995
Genre: Thriller/Legal Thriller
Authors: John Grisham
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The Rainmaker by John Grisham

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