He’s a hiring partner at one of the world’s largest law firms. Brilliant yet ruthless, he has little patience for associates who leave the office before midnight or steal candy from the bowl on his secretary’s desk. He hates holidays and paralegals. And he’s just started a weblog to tell the world about what life is really like at the top of his profession.

Meet Anonymous Lawyer. The summer’s about to start, and he’s got a new crop of interns. But he’s also got a few things bothering him: The Jerk, his bitter rival, is determined to beat him out for the chairman’s job. And Anonymous Wife is spending his money as fast as he can make it. And there’s that secret blog he’s writing, which is just a perverse bit of fun until he gets an e-mail from someone inside the firm who knows he’s its author.