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The Racketeer

The gripping crime thriller from the number 1 Sunday Times bestselling author

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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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'A six star read with more twists and turns than Ariadne's Labyrinth'⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

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Critic reviews

Electrifying
The best thriller writer alive (Ken Follett)
No one does it better than Grisham
Exhilarating . . . surprising . . . ingenious
All stars
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The plot is weak and the ending predicable. I really enjoyed it until the halfway point but once I guessed the ending it was a case of going through the motions. Fans of the author maybe a little disappointed and interestingly the authors note at the end made me feel like it was a novel to fulfill part of a book deal.

Not his best

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The latest from John Grisham is a good story and has a number of unexpected twists. I read the book first and then listened to the audio. The audio narration added an extra dimension to the story and helped bring out aspects I had missed while reading. I would recommend this audiobook.

Good story

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Classic Grisham.

Peppered with legal paraphernalia (enough to make you feel educated). The plot moves at a good pace and there is a twist (naturally).

Great holiday reading (listening).

More Grisham for me.

Silly .. But a good yarn.. I couldn't put it down.

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This started out good - a classic Grisham... but, and perhaps this is only me, I seemed to lose interest the more the book went on. I realise now that I just didn't warm to the lead character who seemed more than just a little smug with himself, his good fortune and, of course, his amazing cleverness... However, it is a very well narrated book, has very interesting plot and I am sure it will appeal to his many fans.

Should have been great, but....

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I enjoyed the early passages anticipating something unspecific to unfurl. In no time however I thought I had dropped off, missing some vital transitional passages. This was irritating but I thought the author was negligent as I couldn't follow the sequences at all. I still feel worked over, but have forgiven Grisham as I was nevertheless gripped by the unfolding tale which seems rather original.

The plot was not obvious

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