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Rogue Lawyer

The suspenseful legal thriller from the number 1 Sunday Times bestselling author

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Rogue Lawyer

By: John Grisham
Narrated by: Mark Deakins
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 THE LAW HAS FAILED THEM. SEBASTIAN RUDD WILL NOT.

Sebastian Rudd take the cases no one else wants.

As a result, his last office was firebombed - either by drug dealers or cops. And things are about to get even more complicated.

Arch Swanger is a criminal lowlife and the prime suspect in the abduction and presumed murder of the daughter of the assistant chief of police. When Rudd agrees to represent him, Swanger lets him in on a terrible secret.

It's a secret Rudd wishes he never heard - and one that will threaten everything he holds dear.

💥350+ million copies, 45 languages, 10 blockbuster films: JOHN GRISHAM IS THE MASTER OF THE LEGAL THRILLER💥

Rogue Lawyer is a hit with readers:

'Brilliant and blistering!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'John Grisham at his very best' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'A BRILLIANT book' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Fantastic!'⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

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Critic Reviews

John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers
Leaves one eager for more
No one does it better than Grisham
A master storyteller
Sebastian Rudd is a kind of social justice warrior and Grisham uses him to take jabs at the legal system . . . all with a blunt, rude, gravelly poetic wise guy voice that makes Rudd come across as a kind of 21st-century Philip Marlowe.
Terrific . . . The biggest mystery that ROGUE LAWYER poses is how Grisham, at this stage in his long writing career, can still devise all these distinctive characters, tricky legal predicaments and roguishly cheating ways to worm out of them. It's one mystery we Grisham fans just want to appreciate, rather than solve.
Highly readable, thanks to Grisham's fast-moving narrative skills
The energy is sustained to the end
A riveting read . . . A very satisfying ending
All stars
Most relevant
Fantastic book - thanks so much

The narrator was so good to listen to

Excellent book

Great book

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It took a while for me to warm to the Rogue Lawyer. The style was different, in that there were multiple secondary stories going on around the main character. At first, they didn't seem to connect, except through the main character's involvement with them. However, at the halfway point (or a bit before), I started to see how things slotted together.

Obviously written with the idea of being a series (not sure if more have been written since this one), the book left some things dangling, but these personal/career issues didn't impact the overall satisfaction when the book came to an end.

The narration was excellent. Mark Deakins communicated the character perfectly.

This wasn't my favourite John Grisham book, but once I got my head around the different style, and picked up the threads, I found it enjoyable. If there are more books in the series, I'm not sure I'd rush to read them or listen to them. The character was a likeable enough rogue, with all his rough edges, but the multi-layered storyline wasn't as appealing to me in this particular instance.

Good, but Not the Best

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I only wish it went longer than it did . great story and great reader.

page turner....brilliant story

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The book though full of misogyny and stereotyping… I couldn’t stop listening… then the end? I literally sat up and went “what! That’s it, that’s the end”?

Wait what happened…

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What a brilliant book, can’t wait to listen to the next one. Kept me hooked from start to finish.

What a brilliant book

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