• The Racketeer

  • By: John Grisham
  • Narrated by: JD Jackson
  • Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (10,817 ratings)

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The Racketeer

By: John Grisham
Narrated by: JD Jackson
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Publisher's summary

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 Fawcett has just become number five.

Who is the Racketeer? And what does he have to do with the judge’s 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, Malcolm’s situation isn’t looking too good these days, but he’s got an ace up his sleeve. He knows who killed Judge Fawcett, and he knows why. The judge’s body was found in his remote lakeside cabin. There was no forced entry, no struggle, just two dead bodies: Judge Fawcett and his young secretary. And one large, state-of-the-art, extremely secure safe, opened and emptied.

What was in the safe? The FBI would love to know. And Malcolm Bannister would love to tell them. But everything has a price—especially information as explosive as the sequence of events that led to Judge Fawcett’s death. And the Racketeer wasn’t born yesterday....

Nothing is as it seems and everything’s fair game in this wickedly clever new novel from John Grisham, the undisputed master of the legal thriller.

©2012 Belfry Holdings, Inc. (P)2012 Random House Audio

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Great story and very well read!

Loved it! Kept me completely hooked right to the end. So nice when « all ends well »…

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Snooooooooze

This is one of the hardest stories I’ve tried to follow. It’s painfully slow and repetitive. We are aware of more than we need.

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All around great experience as an audio book.

Great story.
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Fun fictional book to listen and sew! Thank you! I really enjoyed this book and story telling experience with audible.

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an interesting story about human greed is disruptive family relationships

Some characters of this fiction, have the goal of life to consume. It looks comical about lonely consumers and how they get around a broken ethical system

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GRISHAM GENIUS

Amazing story and presentation Kept me listening Loved it I highly recommend listening to this audio book Youwill not be disappointed

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How Sweet Revenge is

Another favorite filled with fun, entertainment , suspense, and a great story line, It's why I read Gresham!

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Fun Story, Great Narrator

Loved it from start to finish. Voices were well done, dialogue was splendid, story grabbed me.

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Many twists to plot

Narration was just so-so. Overall a fun story. I got lost in the plot a couple times and felt I had missed something, but it good to the end.

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Not what I expected

It was so interesting. I was so entertained. Well worth the credit. Great story telling for sure.

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Another Grisham nail-biter!

Where does The Racketeer rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I haven't read a Grisham book in a long time and discovered when I listened to this that I really missed him!

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The freedom to do my art work and get lost in a fantastic book.

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Not all one sitting but every time I was in my art room, it went on.

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I LOVED it!

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