THE PELICAN BRIEF In suburban Georgetown a killer's Reeboks whisperon the front floor of a posh home... In a seedyD.C. porno house a patron is swiftly garroted todeath... The next day America learns that two of itsSupreme Court justices have been assassinated. Andin New Orleans, a young law student prepares alegal brief... To Darby Shaw it was no more than alegal shot in the dark, a brilliant guess. To theWashington establishment it was political dynamite.Suddenly Darby is witness to a murder -- a murderintended for her. Going underground, she findsthere is only one person she can trust -- anambitious reporter after a newsbreak hotter than Watergate-- to help her piece together the deadly puzzle.Somewhere between the bayous of Louisiana and theWhite House's inner sanctums, a violent cover-up isbeing engineered. For somone has read Darby'sbrief. Someone who will stop at nothing to destroy theevidence of an unthinkable crime.