The Racketeer

By John Grisham

Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Racketeer is a 2012 legal thriller by John Grisham. Malcolm Bannister, a former small-town Virginia lawyer, is serving a ten-year federal prison sentence for a crime he insists he did not commit, when a federal judge and his secretary are found murdered. Bannister claims he knows who the killer is and offers the information in exchange for his freedom and a new identity. As the plot unfolds, it becomes clear he has a carefully planned scheme of his own.

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