• The Partner

  • A Novel
  • By: John Grisham
  • Narrated by: Frank Muller
  • Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (6,190 ratings)

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The Partner

By: John Grisham
Narrated by: Frank Muller
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#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.

Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!

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

I love anything he writes. This did not disappoint. it was very thought out. The end was the best part.

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Interesting read

I liked it. Not overly complicated. It keeps you interested though. Nice plot. Believable. Great twist at the end. And well read, as usual.

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Typical Grisham, you'll like if you like him

A good law story with a complex story development. It seems to tie into a number of his other novels and possibly follow-up to a few. I wouldn't say its one of my favorite Grisham novels, but I liked it

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Shocking Ending

Another one of John Grisham’s legal masterpieces! The end was shocking! As you become so emotionally invested in Patrick’s life the ending it like being hit with a ton of bricks.

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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.

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Fantastic book...

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

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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. 💤🥱

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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

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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.

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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.

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