The Client

Eleven-year-old Mark Sway sees a man drive his car into a secluded patch of woods. The man is a lawyer for the mob, and just before he takes his own life, he tells Mark a secret that could bring down a powerful crime family: the location of the body of a murdered US senator. This knowledge puts Mark in immediate danger, making him a target for both the mafia, who want him silenced, and ambitious federal prosecutors, who will stop at nothing to get the information he holds.

Caught between two powerful and dangerous forces, Mark's only ally is a lawyer named Reggie Love, who he hires for a single dollar. She is his only hope of navigating a legal system that seems just as threatening as the criminals hunting him. Mark knows more than he should, and now he must find a way to stay alive while deciding what to do with a secret that has the power to destroy lives, including his own. This story explores the complexities of justice when a child is caught in the middle of a deadly adult game.