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The Racketeer

By: John Grisham
Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
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EVERYONE HAS THEIR PRICE.

A judge has been brutally murdered.

His body is found in a remote lakeside cabin. There is no sign of forced entry or a struggle. Just two dead bodies - the judge and his secretary - and one state-of-the-art safe, opened and emptied.

Ex-attorney Malcolm Bannister knows who killed the judge - and why. The FBI need to know his secrets. And Bannister is ready to talk. But there's a catch: he is currently serving a ten-year prison sentence.

Bannister knows that everything has a price - and this racketeer wasn't born yesterday.

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

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Critic Reviews

"Grisham is brilliantly comic in a novel that is full of zest and brimming with memorable characters and rich storylines." (The Sunday Times)

"Superbly plotted legal thriller." (Sunday Express)

"The best thriller writer alive" (Ken Follett, Evening Standard)

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Not that exciting

Was a struggle to finish. Just listened off the back of another of his books. This one was disappointing

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Easy listening good yarn

Grisham’s a good story teller and draws you in. The reader couldn’t have been better. A very binge able listen.

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Long winded

Definitely not his usual standard. Kept waiting for the “good part” waste of time. Sorry

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great story

great story. delivery was spot on. story was unpredictable, and thrilling. keep it up John

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Solid book

Is there anything you would change about this book?

No, it was an interesting book that kept me interested.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

It twists and turns and keeps you guessing. Sometimes you wondered what it was all about but it came together in the end.

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Not his best but certainly a good listen.

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I found this book got boring. It wasn't the kind of book you couldn't put down.

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Protracted and quite monotonous.

Not one of the better stories. So convoluted that it is an unreal and extremely unlikely tale. It annoyed me that the character squealed on a mate, otherwise I would have returned it.
Grisham was good at one time.

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