The racketeer / John Grisham.
When a federal judge and his secretary fail to appear for a scheduled trial and panicked clerks call for an FBI investigation, a harrowing murder case ensues and culminates in the imprisonment of a lawyer who imparts the story of who killed the judge and why. Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of this country only four active federal judges have been murdered. Judge Raymond Fogletree just became number five. His body was found in the basement of a lakeside cabin he had built himself and frequently used on weekends. There was no forced entry, no struggle, just two dead bodies, Judge Fogletree and his young secretary. I did not know Judge Fogletree, but I know who killed him, and why. I am a lawyer, and I am in prison. It's a long story.
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- ISBN: 0385535147
- ISBN: 9780385535144
- Physical Description: 343 p. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, c2012.
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Subject: | Judges > Crimes against > Fiction. Lawyers > Imprisonment > Fiction. |
Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Legal fiction (Literature) |
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- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2012 May #1
Evidently, only four active federal judges have been murdered in this country; Grisham imagines a fifth victim, Judge Raymond Fogletree, found dead with his secretary in a lakeside cabin. As the narrator says, "I did not know Judge Fogletree, but I know who killed him, and why. I am a lawyer, and I am in prison. It's a long story."
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