John Grisham: The Racketeer (USA 2013) From the Publisher: 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 price -- and the man known as the Racketeer wasn't born yesterday. John Grisham: The Racketeer. A Novel. Dell, ISBN: 9780345530578 (August, 2013), 382 p., $9.99.
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John Grisham: The Racketeer (USA 2013) From the Publisher: 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 price -- and the man known as the Racketeer wasn't born yesterday. John Grisham: The Racketeer. A Novel. Bantam, ISBN: 9780345545336 (August, 2013), 340 p., $16.00.
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John Grisham: The Racketeer (UK 2013) From the Publisher: His body was found in the small 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 Fawcett and his young secretary. I did not know Judge Fawcett, but I know who killed him, and why. I am a lawyer, and I am in prison. It's a long story. John Grisham: The Racketeer. He was betrayed by the FBI. Now he wants revenge... Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 9781444729764 (July, 2013), 386 p., £7.99.
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John Grisham: The Racketeer (UK 2012) From the Publisher: His body was found in the small 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 Fawcett and his young secretary. I did not know Judge Fawcett, but I know who killed him, and why. I am a lawyer, and I am in prison. It's a long story. John Grisham: The Racketeer. It's Payback Time. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 9781444729740 (November, 2012), 343 p., £19.99.
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John Grisham: The Racketeer (USA 2012) From the Publisher: 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. John Grisham: The Racketeer. A Novel. Doubleday, ISBN: 9780385535144 (October, 2012), 343 p., $28.95.
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