Bibliograph

The racketeer, John Grisham

Type

Label

The racketeer, John Grisham

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

900L, Lexile

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The racketeer

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

815773101

Responsibility statement

John Grisham

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, UG, 6.3, 17, 17, 155608

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

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