12 hr and 46 min; narrated by JD Jackson
Published by Random House Audio.
Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of this country only four active federal judges have been murdered.
Judge Raymond Fawcett has just become number five.
Who is the Racketeer? And what does he have to do with the judge’s untimely demise? His name, for the moment, is Malcolm Bannister. Job status? Former attorney. Current residence? The Federal Prison Camp near Frostburg, Maryland.
On paper, Malcolm’s situation isn’t looking too good these days, but he’s got an ace up his sleeve. He knows who killed Judge Fawcett, and he knows why. The judge’s body was found in his remote lakeside cabin. There was no forced entry, no struggle, just two dead bodies: Judge Fawcett and his young secretary. And one large, state-of-the-art, extremely secure safe, opened …
Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of this country only four active federal judges have been murdered.
Judge Raymond Fawcett has just become number five.
Who is the Racketeer? And what does he have to do with the judge’s untimely demise? His name, for the moment, is Malcolm Bannister. Job status? Former attorney. Current residence? The Federal Prison Camp near Frostburg, Maryland.
On paper, Malcolm’s situation isn’t looking too good these days, but he’s got an ace up his sleeve. He knows who killed Judge Fawcett, and he knows why. The judge’s body was found in his remote lakeside cabin. There was no forced entry, no struggle, just two dead bodies: Judge Fawcett and his young secretary. And one large, state-of-the-art, extremely secure safe, opened and emptied.
What was in the safe? The FBI would love to know. And Malcolm Bannister would love to tell them. But everything has a price—especially information as explosive as the sequence of events that led to Judge Fawcett’s death. And the Racketeer wasn’t born yesterday....
Nothing is as it seems and everything’s fair game in this wickedly clever new novel from John Grisham, the undisputed master of the legal thriller.
I picked this up while waiting for other library holds to come in. I thought it was a new one; it isn't.
No character development, wooden dialog. All plot. The plot was even, meh. It passed the time.
I picked this up while waiting for other library holds to come in. I thought it was a new one; it isn't.
No character development, wooden dialog. All plot. The plot was even, meh. It passed the time.
Man, it's hard to put a Grisham novel down, and this is definitely one of those! The present tense voice he's started using is a little odd, and some of the plot stretches credibility, but the novel twists and turns and jumps and is a really gripping read. Grisham has such a great formula: he starts from a lawyer, throws in some scenario you've never thought of, and spins a great yarn. If you like his other stuff, you'll gobble this one, too.
Man, it's hard to put a Grisham novel down, and this is definitely one of those! The present tense voice he's started using is a little odd, and some of the plot stretches credibility, but the novel twists and turns and jumps and is a really gripping read. Grisham has such a great formula: he starts from a lawyer, throws in some scenario you've never thought of, and spins a great yarn. If you like his other stuff, you'll gobble this one, too.
