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The racketeer [electronic resource] / John Grisham.
Summary:
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. 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 Fogletree has just become number five. His body was found in the basement of a lakeside cabin he had built himself and frequently used on weekends. When he did not show up for a trial on Monday morning, his law clerks panicked, called the FBI, and in due course the agents found the crime scene. There was no forced entry, no struggle, just two dead bodies, Judge Fogletree and his young secretary. I did not know Judge Fogletree, but I know who killed him, and why. I am a lawyer, and I am in prison. It's a long story.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385536882 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0385536887 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (343 p.).
- Publisher: New York : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012.
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- Electronic book.
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- Prisoners > Fiction.
Judges > Crimes against > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Racketeering > United States > Fiction. - Genre:
- Legal stories.
Suspense fiction.
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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. By the best-selling author ofThe Litigators . - Random House, Inc.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠âThe Racketeer is guilty of only one thing: keeping us engaged until the very last page.ââUSA 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. 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.
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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 priceâand the man known as the Racketeer wasnât born yesterday.
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