The Racketeer
A Novel
JG Publishing · Print & ebook · August 27, 2013
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Nothing is as it seems and everything’s fair game in this “deeply engrossing thriller” (The Washington Post) from the undisputed master of the legal thriller. “The Racketeer is guilty of only one thing: keeping us engaged until the very last page.”—USA Today In the history of the United States, only four active federal judges have been murdered.
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- Who it’s for
- A brisk legal thriller with Grisham’s familiar, tightly wound momentum.
- Genres
- Legal Thrillers, Suspense, Crime Fiction
- Published
- JG Publishing, August 27, 2013
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Nothing is as it seems and everything’s fair game in this “deeply engrossing thriller” (The Washington Post) from the undisputed master of the legal thriller. “The Racketeer is guilty of only one thing: keeping us engaged until the very last page.”—USA Today In the history of the United States, only four active federal judges have been murdered. Judge Raymond Fawcett has just become number five. His body is found in his remote lakeside cabin.
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There is no sign of forced entry or struggle. Just two dead bodies: Judge Fawcett and his young secretary. And one large, state-of-the-art, extremely secure safe, opened and emptied. One man, a former attorney, knows who killed Judge Fawcett, and why. But that man, Malcolm Bannister, is currently residing in the Federal Prison Camp near Frostburg, Maryland. Though serving time, Malcolm has an ace up his sleeve. He has information the FBI would love to know. Malcolm would love to tell them. But everything has a price—and the man known as the Racketeer wasn’t born yesterday.
Fast Legal Pressure
A brisk legal thriller with Grisham’s familiar, tightly wound momentum.
Come here for
- legal-thriller momentum
- crime-fiction suspense with a steady narrative pull
Expect
- suspense over spare prose
- a sustained, page-turning read
Where it sits
| Legal Thrillers | 96% |
|---|---|
| Suspense | 33% |
| Crime Fiction | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Suspense
- Legal Thrillers
- Legal Fiction
- Authors
- John Grisham
- Publisher
- JG Publishing
- Published
- August 27, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Suspense