The Racketeer

By: John Grisham

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins

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

Ok- not my favorite

Would you listen to The Racketeer again? Why?

No- story slow at times

If you’ve listened to books by John Grisham before, how does this one compare?

Yes- not my favorite

What about J.D. Jackson’s performance did you like?

Easy to understand

Any additional comments?

Picked up at the end- but wish I'd listened more carefully at the beginning

Very enjoyable

Would you listen to The Racketeer again? Why?

I've already listened to "The Racketeer" twice. I enjoyed it so much I wanted to listen again and catch all the subtle hints that were dropped early in the novel.

What did you like best about this story?

"The Racketeer" reminded me very much of Grisham's early works that I enjoyed so much. The characters were very likable, even if they were a bit shady.

J.D. Jackson receives 10 stars for his narration.

J.D. Jackson was awesome. The first half of the book gets 2 stars, the 2nd half gets 4. Jackson makes it worth it though!

Excellent book. Lots of twists and turns!

Very happy with the book, many unexpected plot twists, and a very imaginative story line!!

Fun fiction

Great imagination and fun in this read. Easy to stick with and it even has a satisfying ending. This was a nice escape.

enjoyed it

the story was similar to another grisham book where the wrong person was accused and went to prison. this story was from a different point of view. The story took a different direction but it seemed so similar that I almost gave up. then it surprised me.

Not as good as his others

The story line wasn’t as easy to follow nor as believable as other Grisham novels.

Loved it

Love it. It kept me intrigued and always excited to figure out who and how they did it. excellent book.

Enthralling

I am a Grisham fan already and I thought this was one of his best. It strays from his traditional courthouse drama into more of a heist novel and it works exceptionally well

Just as importantly, I cannot day enough god things about the narrator. He could not have been better.

I highly recommend this very entertaining work

Very exiting

Narrator gave a very good telling of the book. Very hard to stop listening because of the good story of the book