The Firm

By: John Grisham

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 17 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the master of legal thrillers, a page-turning classic of “suit-and-dagger suspense” (The New York Times): At the top of his class at Harvard Law, Mitch McDeere had his choice of the best firms in America. He made a deadly mistake.

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For a young lawyer on the make, it was an offer Mitch McDeere couldn’t refuse: a position at a law firm where the bucks, billable hours, and benefits are over the top. It’s a dream job for an up-and-comer—if he can overlook the uneasy feeling he gets at the office. Then an FBI investigation into the firm’s connections to the Mafia plunges the straight and narrow attorney into a nightmare of terror and intrigue. With no choice but to pit his wits, ethics, and legal skills against the firm’s deadly secrets—if he hopes to stay alive…

©2007 John Grisham (P)2009 Random House

Critic reviews

"Taut, fast and relentless... A ride worth taking." -- San Francisco Chronicle.

"Keeps the reader hooked... From the creepy first chapters... to the vise-tightening midsection and on to the take-the money-and-run finale." -- The Wall Street Journal.

"Irresistable... seizes the reader on the opening page and propels him through 400 more." -- Peter Prescott, Newsweek

One of the best thrillers ever!

After reading this addictive mystery-thriller many years ago, I decided to revisit this story through the audiobook. This audiobook was amazing. Great reading. Riveting plot. Mitch McDeere, a Harvard law School star, takes a too-good-to-be-true job with a law firm in Memphis. Questions arise as the body count builds, and Mitch and his wife need to figure out what's going on and how to stay alive. Unlike so many thrillers these days, there is one plot, and it is strong enough to keep me glued to this story from start to end. I've read or listened to hundreds of books of this genre, and this is in a small handful of the most fun and very best. It is up there with Finder's "Paranoia" and Baldacci's" Absolute Power." If you are looking for the best escape-reading thriller, listen to or read "The Firm." I won't say more. I don't want to be a spoiler. If you haven't read or listened to "The Firm," do it!

Good Grisham Tale

As most fans know, John Grisham writes about 3 or 4 stock stories over and over again with only slight variants. If you like them (and I do) this is OK. I don't know how Grisham does it, but even though you know exactly what's going to happen as soon as you finish the first chapter, you still hang on as if you didn't to the very end. The Firm is 100% vintage Grisham and a real page-turner. Scott Brick is one of the best readers in the business IMHO.

Very different from the movie

I have long wanted to listen to the audiobook of The Firm but Audible only had an abridged version. When I saw that they had added an unabridged version, read by my favorite narrator Scott Brick, nonetheless, I jumped on it. The book is very good but winds up deviated significantly from the book. The story is definitely entertaining, but I have to admit, this is one of those rare cases where I think I preferred the film. That being said, it is an excellent audiobook that was engrossing and kept me engaged. As such, I am happy to give it four stars.

Grisham with grit

Scott Brick could bring a technical manual to life, but luckily he gets more to work with than that in John Grisham's "The Firm". While the tedium of hearing about billable hours gets a little unbearable (similar to Michael Crichton's overblown descriptions of now-obsolete technology), Brick brings a lot of grit and gravity to one of Grisham's quieter pieces. Lengthy descriptions of files, copiers and billing aside, The Firm has its moments if there sometimes few and far between.

The best of Grisham

To me, this is the ultimate Grisham novel. Not high literature, but a fun, suspenseful listen. I've read almost all the Grisham books, and this is my favorite. If you haven't read Grisham, this is where you should start. I think it's his best.

Even better the second time.

I read this book many years ago. This audio version is as good as the read and I could “read “ while driving and doing housework. You can’t go wrong with John Grisham.

Scott Brick at his best

Scott Brick could read anything and I'd listen, but this book, a classic of its ilk, combines the thrill of high powered lawyering with accurate details, with the thrill of the fantasy of gettin' even with 'em, with details that are all the more believable with Scott adding his voice to the fantasy.

breath taking

this was an amazing read i imagined the characters as they were in the movie and it added to the story Mitch was awesome

Great book I can listen to again

Every few years I listen to this book again and enjoy it each time. I’d recommend to anyone

Loved it. Better than the movie.

Well done - Scott Brick is one of the best readers going. The Firm richly deserves the title Modern Classic.