The Racketeer
Ratings18
Average rating3.7
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Ratings18
Average rating3.7
When a federal judge and his secretary fail to appear for a scheduled trial and panicked clerks call for an FBI investigation, a harrowing murder case ensues and culminates in the imprisonment of a lawyer who imparts the story of who killed the judge and why.
"... El cadáver del juez fue hallado en su cabaña a la orilla de un lago. La entrada no había sido forzada. Lo único que encontraron fueron dos cuerpos sin vida: el del juez y el de su joven secretaria. Y otra cosa: una caja fuerte grande, el modelo más moderno y más seguro, abierta y vacía. Y ¿qué había en la caja fuerte? Al FBI le encantaría saberlo, y a Malcolm Bannister, contarlo. Pero todo tiene su precio, sobre todo una información tan valiosa como esta, y el estafador no tiene un pelo de tonto." -- page 4 of cover.
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I'm counting this as read although I had a disc and a half left when I had to return it to the library. I ended up reading spoilers online. I'm not a huge fan of books where I don't have the slightest hint or clue why the character is doing anything. I though this book was eh, and like always, had almost no likeable characters.
The Racketerr reminds me a little bit of one of his old ones The Partner which is one of my favorite. keeps you guessing through the book. I recommend to all the John Grisham fan.
Executive Summary: This one is just too ridiculous to really be enjoyable to me. Not one of Mr. Grisham's better works.Audio book: I believe this is the first book I've listened to by J.D. Jackson. He's not a bad reader. He takes a stab at some accents. He does a reasonable job given the material he has to work with.Full ReviewI almost debated not reviewing this one. People who normally read/like my reviews probably won't have interest in it anyways, but I decide if nothing else to get my thoughts down before I put this book completely out of my brain.I loved John Grisham when I was younger. My mom always read his books and I tended to pick them up when she was done. In the last few years I would occasionally grab his newer works in audio cd from the library as something to pass time on road trips.I can't tell if my tastes have just changed, or if his writing has gone down hill. I'm too busy to go back and re-read the ones I liked to find out.This book had no likable characters for me and I saw the “big twist” coming a mile away. It wasn't awful, but if it wasn't so short I would have just quit. Somewhere in the middle the story takes an abrupt shift that was rather confusing until I realized it was the way Mr. Grisham was facilitating the “big twist” I had predicted without even trying.If you want to try Mr. Grisham, don't start here. Go with something like [b:A Time to Kill 32542 A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1) John Grisham https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1320488160s/32542.jpg 1804929] or [b:The Firm 5358 The Firm John Grisham https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1165518895s/5358.jpg 38270].OK, that's probably more words than this one deserved.
