The Judge's List

A Novel

By: John Grisham

Narrated by: Mary-Louise Parker, John Grisham

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham returns to Florida, where The Whistler’s Lacy Stoltz takes on a cold case that reveals a judge’s darkest secrets.

“One of the best crime reads of the year . . . a world-class shocker, worth staying up all night to finish.”—The Wall Street Journal

In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later, and approaching forty, she is tired of her work for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct and ready for a change.

Then she meets a mysterious woman who is so frightened she uses a number of aliases. Jeri Crosby’s father was murdered twenty years earlier in a case that remains unsolved and that has grown stone cold. But Jeri has a suspect whom she has become obsessed with and has stalked for two decades. Along the way, she has discovered other victims.

The man Jeri holds responsible for all these deaths is brilliant, patient, and always one step ahead of law enforcement. He is the most cunning of all serial killers. He knows forensics, police procedure, and most important: he knows the law.

He is a judge, in Florida—under Lacy’s jurisdiction.

But the man keeps a record of all his victims and targets, people unlucky enough to have crossed his path and wronged him in some way. Lacy must work to take him down, while somehow keeping her name off his list.

Critic reviews

Praise for the novels of John Grisham

“John Grisham is about as good a storyteller as we’ve got in the United States these days.”—The New York Times Book Review

“In all of Grisham’s best books . . . the reader gets good company, a vigorous runaround and . . . a bit of a legal education.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times

“Grisham’s books are smart, imaginative, and funny, populated by complex, interesting people.”—The Washington Post

“The law, by its nature, creates drama, and a new Grisham promises us an inside look at the dirty machineries of process and power, with plenty of entertainment.”—Los Angeles Times

“John Grisham owns the legal thriller.” —The Denver Post

A great story!

The story was overall very well written. The narrator was horrible. So horrible that I would lose concentration and would have to go back and reread. The novel would be 100 times better with a different narration.

The story was good, but the narration was dreadful

I am a big Mary Louise Parker fan, but didn't like her narration of this book at all. Not sure why she read sooooo slowly, but speeding it up to 1.25 speed made it bearable.

Narration horrible. Story ok.

I have read or listened to all of Grisham's books. Listening to this was painful. The person reading sounds like she should be on a suicide watch.
The story was ok. Many lines were repeated throughout book. The characters were not well devoted and not too interesting. Maybe the depressed reader had something to do with making the character's boring. I am getting my money back on this one. I have listened 1000 books and have returned a handful.

I should have listened, the narrator is horrible

Made it to chapter 7 and then I had to return the book. I bought it based on one person arguing about the narrator saying she was an actress and was darn good at what she does. In this particular instance she uses one monotone voice for all the characters and is just unlistenable. Maybe she can act when she's playing one part but she surely is no narrator.

Best Grisham book EVER

It had me from the beginning. Couldn’t stop listening. It was an oh oh book that kept my interest the entire time. It makes the top of the list in every way.