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The Summons
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Ray Atlee is a professor of law at the University of Virginia. He's 43, newly single, and still enduring the aftershocks of a surprise divorce. He has a younger brother, Forrest, who redefines the notion of a family's black sheep. And he has a father, a very sick old man who lives alone in the ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi. He is known to all as Judge Atlee, a beloved and powerful official who has towered over local law and politics for forty years.
No longer on the bench, the Judge has withdrawn to the Atlee mansion and become a recluse. With the end in sight, Judge Atlee issues a summons for both sons to return home to Clanton, to discuss the details of his estate. It is typed by the Judge himself, on his handsome old stationery, and gives the date and time for Ray and Forrest to appear in his study.
Ray reluctantly heads south, to his hometown, to the place where he grew up, which he prefers now to avoid. But the family meeting does not take place. The Judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret known only to Ray. And perhaps someone else.
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- Tracey W.
- 01-07-2021
A good read
I enjoyed this audio. Typical entertaining John Grisham novel. Good narration. I would recommend.
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- PaulAmazon
- 29-12-2014
Kept me intrigued , right to the end.
Masterfully read. Colourful accents. Poignant pauses.
Flawlessly spellbinding story. I asked myself, what would I have done if I found the money?
Will listen to it again.
Thank you Mr. Grisham.
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- Trevor F.
- 23-04-2015
Excellent book
Love the Grisham style - always gripping and fun good read
It his one is different again
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- DebManning
- 20-10-2020
Long winded
this is my first JG book although I enjoyed it. it was very predictable.
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- Anonymon
- 13-04-2023
Great narration
Nice ending and good story.
The narration took note of lots of behaviour and sounds. Well read.
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- Maryann
- 18-08-2017
Zzzzzzzz
Boring!!!!
Hard to stay awake while driving. Slow, flat ending. Waist of money . Very disappointed.
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