The Partner

A Novel

By: John Grisham

Narrated by: Frank Muller

Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • Once he was a well-liked, well-paid young partner in a thriving Mississippi law firm. Then Patrick Lanigan stole ninety million dollars from his own firm—and ran for his life.

They watched Danilo Silva for days before they finally grabbed him. He was living alone, a quiet life on a shady street in Brazil; a simple life in a modest home, certainly not one of luxury. Certainly no evidence of the fortune they thought he had stolen. He was much thinner and his face had been altered. He spoke a different language, and spoke it very well. But Danilo had a past with many chapters.

Four years earlier he had been Patrick Lanigan, a young partner in a prominent Biloxi law firm. He had a pretty wife, a new daughter, and a bright future. Then one cold winter night Patrick was trapped in a burning car and died a horrible death. When he was buried his casket held nothing more than his ashes.

From a short distance away, Patrick watched his own burial. Then he fled. Six weeks later, a fortune was stolen from his ex-law firm's offshore account. And Patrick fled some more. But they found him.

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©1997 John Grisham (P)1997 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House Inc.

Twists and turns

Typical Grisham, more suspense and wonders of fate,deceptive to the end. A double wrong makes ideal circumstances to have a new lease on life but the best laid plan can’t work unless every detail is taken accountable to happen and protected from happening.
If deception proves gainful for any one, someone else will hide in the shadows for the right moment to get their due.

Fantastic book...

...but not every spoken sentence should end with the tone of impending doom. That was a turn off.

Disapointed

Some of my favorite books have been Grisham. This Partner , however , was too slow and predictable. All of the important disclosures came early. I did not like the ending. 💤🥱

No Sleep, too good, listen to the End

One of the best Thrillers I have read or listen to in a long time. The narrator was great.
Thank you Mr Grisham

Your wish granted!

A twisting story planned in minute detail. A clear description of legal process in the face of fate.
Everything considered, connived and controlled except for one weakness.

Good story till the end!

Great story but ending uneventful! Disappointed. Narrator was excellent. Would recommend anyway! Maybe there is a sequel in the works.

twists and turns

A little slow to start but well worth the wait. For me Grisham is always a good sell.

Nice story, and decent narration, but the production quality is awful

It’s one of my favorite John Grisham books and the narrator had a pleasant voice. It bugged me that the novel was put together on audible using the old audio cassettes, so there was a lot of repeat sentences.

What was it all about?

So I really got into this book; the story was intriguing with lots of twists and surprises, however I think that the author destroyed the story at the end.

Granted Mr. Grisham may not be a happily ever after writer, but the way he developed Patrick's love interest character was seriously flawed in my opinion. There was no indication throughout the story that she was "off."

If Mr Grisham wanted to end the story of Eva being the traitor then he should have provided some mental dialogue from her giving us poor readers context for why she defected.

Her actions made no sense to me, and frankly diminished what could have been an even greater "complete" story!

The entire reading experience left me frustrated 🤔

Verry Good

I really enjoyed this reading. Kept my attention throughout. The ending was not my favorite, but it was okay.