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Rogue Lawyer
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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Summary
Worldwide best-seller John Grisham goes rogue with his most suspenseful thriller yet....
Sometimes you have to fight dirty to get clean.
Sebastian Rudd takes the cases no one else wants to take: the drug-addled punk accused of murdering two little girls; a crime lord on death row; a homeowner accused of shooting at a SWAT team. l
Rudd believes that every person accused of a crime is entitled to a fair trial - even if he has to cheat to get one. He antagonises people from both sides of the law: his last office was firebombed, either by drug dealers or cops. He doesn't know or care which.
But things are about to get even more complicated for Sebastian. Arch Swanger is the prime suspect in the abduction and presumed murder of 21-year-old Jiliana Kemp, the daughter of the assistant chief of police. When Swanger asks Sebastian to represent him, he lets Sebastian in on a terrible secret . . . one that will threaten everything Sebastian holds dear.
Gritty, witty, and impossible to put down, Rogue Lawyer is the master of the legal thriller at his very best.
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- Clare
- 09-11-15
Not for me!
Usually love JG, but this one wasn't for me.
It's more a series of short stories, rather than one complex & thrilling story, where each story aims to illustrate failings in the justice system. This approach, for me, made for simple tales and shallow characters.... Many of the characters were too inept, innocent or corrupt to be interesting
Ultimately, I think the narrative style of the Rogue Lawyer wasn't for me... But, it won't stop me from pre-ordering JG's next book, as I usually really enjoy his books!!
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- Jim Webber
- 05-11-15
Did I blink and miss the end?
I was really enjoying this book after a somewhat pedestrian start. I liked our hero, I loathed his ex and I was suitably frustrated by most of his clients. In short I was really starting to get stuck into it all and then suddenly it was done. Finished. No warning. No closure. Half the storylines left hanging.
I assume there will be a follow on book but a warning up front that this is going to form part of a serial would have been nice. Even so, I would expect a better ending. It's almost like he just got bored of writing and stopped.
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- 21-10-15
In law like in war the first victim is truth
This book starts with a rant about the law and all the unfairness in the system, in what takes nearly four large chapters, this is delivered by Sebastian Rudd the new creation of John Grisham, he is aservic, amoral, egotistical, self serving and a good defence lawyers of the guilty. This character makes no excuses for himself but is so one sided in his arguments, he is hard to like.
This is not a plot driven book but a series of stories interwoven to create a slice of time with the Rouge Lawyer, now the stories are not bad they come in many flavours and they deliver more than enough enough entertainment to make it a good read. I liked this format of delivering short stories by using one main character as the bonding agent; it felt organic and natural.
A good first outing for a new character, and a new voice for John Grisham’s causes, that are many and varied in the atmosfear of american law and order and the politics that are the constant undercurrent of what feels more and more like a dystopia. Some of the events would be funny if we did not know that they are actually based on truth.
A good read after paying the price of the long rant.
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- Marie Murphy
- 24-01-16
appallingly lazy writing
Halfway through this I was still waiting for some sort of story to form.
this reads like a collection of discarded scenes drafted for other books that didn't make the cut and were used here with a thin narrative to tie otherwise disjointed material loosely together.
its cynical moneymaking and delivers nothing for the reader.
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- mgemelia
- 04-01-16
The Rogue Lawyer
Absolutely fantastic story. The story is quick paced and narrated perfectly. Can't wait for the next one.
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- linda anderson
- 15-12-16
Grisham scores
Rogue Lawyer is another great courtroom drama by Grisham. His knowledge gained through experience of the American law system allows him to write with such an understanding that supports the storyline throughout.
The characters are very real so realistic that
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- Daphne
- 25-06-16
Absolutely spellbinding.
I had forgotten what a fantastic writer John Grisham is. The reading made this story so enthralling that I could not stop listening. Started listening yesterday evening and only paused to sleep and eat. I've always read the books but now I can wait to listen to the next one.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-01-16
Not up to JG standards in my opinion
Seems a book of mini stories that don't seem to get completed. I had to double check the recording to actually see it had finished as nothing seemed completed! Bizarre! Usually love JG!
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- Aw Clarkson
- 01-11-15
Very good, but truncated
Have you listened to any of Mark Deakins’s other performances? How does this one compare?
Very good narrating. Brought the story to life.
Any additional comments?
The storylines got built up, with 2 or 3 plots intertwining, it seemed to building to an explosive ending, but suddenly fizzled out into a very abrupt truncated finish.
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- William
- 24-09-16
Rogue with good intentions and a soft heart mostly
If you could sum up Rogue Lawyer in three words, what would they be?
Fighting Courtroom Divorce.
Would you recommend Rogue Lawyer to your friends? Why or why not?
Yes. It was good fun and the various plots joined up nicely. The overlay of his family life added well to the complications of the story.
What about Mark Deakins’s performance did you like?
For an American he did very well, but then he is performing Americans.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
When the Rogue tried to help those who did not want it. And the end.
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