The racketeer
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York, New York: Doubleday, 2012.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st edition.
Physical Desc:
343 pages ; 25 cm.
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure:
900L
Rating:
900L
Status:
Eagle River Adult Fiction
FIC GRI
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • “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. 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.
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 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 novel from John Grisham, the undisputed master of the legal thriller.
Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!
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.
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 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 novel from John Grisham, the undisputed master of the legal thriller.
Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780385535144, 9780385536899, 9780345530578
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6.3, 17 Points
Level 6.3, 17 Points
Lexile measure:
900
Notes
Description
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 just became 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.
Target Audience
900L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,6.3,17,155608.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Grisham, J. (2012). The racketeer. 1st edition. New York, New York, Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Grisham, John. 2012. The Racketeer. New York, New York, Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Grisham, John, The Racketeer. New York, New York, Doubleday, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Grisham, John. The Racketeer. 1st edition. New York, New York, Doubleday, 2012.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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