The Racketeer

The Racketeer
John Grisham (Author)
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Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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 Fawcett has just become number five.


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 judge’s body was found in his remote lakeside cabin. There was no forced entry, no struggle, just two dead bodies: Judge Fawcett and his young secretary. And one large, state-of-the-art, extremely secure safe, opened and emptied.

What was in the safe? 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 new novel from John Grisham, the undisputed master of the legal thriller.

• Rank: #196 in Books
• Published on: 2012-10-23
• Released on: 2012-10-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.49" h x 1.21" w x 6.44" l, 1.38 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 352 pages

• Hardcover with dust jacket

Description #1 by eBay - todayontheweb:

Hardcover:352 pages Publisher:Doubleday (October 23, 2012) Language:English ISBN-10:0385535147 ISBN-13:978-0385535144 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.

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The Racketeer Random House Large Print Publishing 9780739378342 09780739378342

Description #3 by eBay - buy:

This book explains how the new business rhetoric of the 1920s, especially the term 'racketeering, prompted Americans to conflate organized crime and organized labor. The struggle between craftsmen, corporations, and reformers shaped American law, as tradesmen helped create new anti-racketeering laws and New Deal industrial policies during the 1930s.