The Judge's List - A Novel
Verlag | Penguin Random House |
Auflage | 2021 |
Seiten | 368 |
Format | 16,3 x 24,2 x 3,5 cm |
Gewicht | 662 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | The Whistler 2 |
EAN | 9780385546027 |
Bestell-Nr | 38554602EA |
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER John Grisham returns to Florida, where The Whistler s Lacy Stoltz takes on a cold case that reveals a judge s darkest secrets.
One of the best crime reads of the year . . . a world-class shocker, worth staying up all night to finish. The Wall Street Journal
In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later, and approaching forty, she is tired of her work for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct and ready for a change.
Then she meets a mysterious woman who is so frightened she uses a number of aliases. Jeri Crosby s father was murdered twenty years earlier in a case that remains unsolved and that has grown stone cold. But Jeri has a suspect whom she has become obsessed with and has stalked for two decades. Along the way, she has discovered other victims.
The man Jeri holds responsible for all these deaths is brilliant, patient, and always one step ahead of law enforcement. He is the most cunning of all serial killers. He knows forensics, police procedure, and most important: he knows the law.
He is a judge, in Florida under Lacy s jurisdiction.
But the man keeps a record of all his victims and targets, people unlucky enough to have crossed his path and wronged him in some way. Lacy must work to take him down, while somehow keeping her name off his list.
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Praise for the novels of John Grisham
John Grisham is about as good a storyteller as we ve got in the United States these days. The New York Times Book Review
In all of Grisham s best books . . . the reader gets good company, a vigorous runaround and . . . a bit of a legal education. Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Grisham s books are smart, imaginative, and funny, populated by complex, interesting people. The Washington Post
The law, by its nature, creates drama, and a new Grisham promises us an inside look at the dirty machineries of process and power, with plenty of entertainment. Los Angeles Times
John Grisham owns the legal thriller. The Denver Post