The Pelican Brief = The Case of the Pelicans. Intermediate

The mysterious murders of two Supreme Court judges intrigued law school student Darby Shaw. Spending long hours in the Justice Department library, she studies court cases from recent years in search of a possible motive for the crimes. Darby identifies a likely client and shares her findings with her professor Thomas Callahan, with whom she has a close relationship. The events of the courtroom detective story, in accordance with the laws of the genre, unfold rapidly. The car Thomas gets into explodes. The shaken girl realizes that the bomb was intended for her. Now Darby must not only expose the criminal but also try to stay alive.

The book presents a shortened and adapted text at the Intermediate level.