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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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0385535147
- ISBN: 9780385535144
- Physical Description: 343 p. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, c2012.
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| Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Legal fiction (Literature) |
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- Baker & Taylor
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. By the best-selling author ofThe Litigators . (This book was previously listed in Forecast .) - Baker & Taylor
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 andwhy. - Random House, Inc.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER ⢠âThe Racketeer is guilty of only one thing: keeping us engaged until the very last page.ââUSA Today ⢠In the history of the United States, only four active federal judges have been murdered. Judge Raymond Fawcett has just become number five.
His body is found in his remote lakeside cabin. There is no sign of forced entry or struggle. Just two dead bodies: Judge Fawcett and his young secretary. And one large, state-of-the-art, extremely secure safe, opened and emptied.
Who is the Racketeer? And what does he have to do with the judgeâs untimely demise? His name, for the moment, is Malcolm Bannister. Job status? Former attorney. Current residence? The Federal Prison Camp near Frostburg, Maryland.
On paper, Malcolmâs situation isnât looking too good these days, but heâs got an ace up his sleeve. He knows who killed Judge Fawcett, and he knows why. The FBI would love to know. And Malcolm Bannister would love to tell them. But everything has a priceâespecially information as explosive as the sequence of events that led to Judge Fawcettâs death. And the Racketeer wasnât born yesterday.
Nothing is as it seems and everythingâs fair game in this wickedly clever novel from John Grisham, the undisputed master of the legal thriller.
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