• The Brethren

  • By: John Grisham
  • Narrated by: Frank Muller
  • Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (1,678 ratings)

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The Brethren

By: John Grisham
Narrated by: Frank Muller
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Publisher's summary

They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison.

One was sent up for tax evasion. Another, for skimming bingo profits. And the third, for a career-ending drunken joyride.

Meeting daily in the prison law library, taking exercise walks in their boxer shorts, these judges-turned-felons can reminisce about old court cases, dispense a little jailhouse justice, and contemplate where their lives went wrong.

Or they can use their time in prison to get very rich --very fast. And so they sit, sprawled in the prison library, furiously writing letters, fine-tuning a wickedly brilliant extortion scam ... while events outside their prison walls begin to erupt.

A bizarre presidential election is holding the nation in its grips--and a powerful government figure is pulling some very hidden strings. For the Brethren, the timing couldn't be better. Because they've just found the perfect victim...

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

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Ok

I really enjoyed the first half of the book but the solution was so simple it should have been a short story. I mean really the CIA can’t handle three jailed blackmailers. It takes a large leap to believe that and enjoy the second half of the book.

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Good story, audiobook wasn’t produced great

The audio book had many incidences where lines were repeated twice in a row. Story was good, but the editing of the audiobook is clearly poor

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Enjoyed this one reader was fine

After reading reviews I held off on listening to this audiobook. Glad I disregarded those reviews. Great story and one of Grishams more interesting plots. Disclosure I live in the area where story was placed and that always adds interest that others might not share.

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Good story, too many book assembly issues

Typical well concocted story. Performance slightly marred by sound section assembly repetitions. Still, Grisham is unbeatable.

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Enjoyable

As with every Grisham novel it was thrilling and riviting I enjoyed every minute I couldn’t stop listening

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The very best.....

it was hair-raising, unexpected, and pure entertainment all the way to the end. The very best.

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Very Enjoyable in Every Way

There has tremendous entertainment value in both the story line and the narration. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I listen to books constantly. .

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Didn't care for the abrupt ending.

A great book and very well read. I didn't care for the abrupt ending, it seemed to leave me hanging.

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It was good.

I enjoyed this reading. Not the best not the worst. Wasen't to thrilled about the ending. There should have been justice. But it was good.

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love 2

what time does the bank in Whitehall absolutely one of the best books ever written I can't wait to listen to more

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