The whistler : a novel
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- ISBN: 9780385541206
- ISBN: 0385541201
- ISBN: 9780385541190
- ISBN: 0385541198
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1 online resource (352 pages) - Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2016.
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Subject: | Judges -- Corrupt practices -- Fiction Women lawyers -- Fiction Florida -- Fiction Fiction Suspense Thriller FICTION -- Thrillers -- Suspense |
Genre: | Electronic books. Legal fiction (Literature) |
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- Baker & Taylor
A follow-up to the highly successfulRogue Lawyer combines the author's signature legal savvy and high-suspense storytelling in a latest thriller that pits an unforgettable cast of characters against unexpected twists and turns. By a #1 best-selling author. - Baker & Taylor
Lacy Stoltz, an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct, takes on a case involving a corrupt judge, a Native American casino, and the mafia when a previously disbarred lawyer approaches her on behalf of a client who claims to know the truth. - Random House, Inc.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠A high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State, from the author hailed as âthe best thriller writer aliveâ by Ken Follett
We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity is the bedrock of the entire judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to punish those who do wrong, and to oversee the flow of justice. But what happens when a judge bends the law or takes a bribe?
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Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. It is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption.
But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business, and he claims to know of a Florida judge who has stolen more money than all other crooked judges combined. And not just crooked judges in Florida. All judges, from all states, and throughout United States history. And now he wants to put a stop to it. His only client is a person who knows the truth and wants to blow the whistle and collect millions under Florida law. When the case is assigned to Lacy, she immediately suspects that this one could be dangerous. Dangerous is one thing. Deadly is something else.
â[A] main character [whoâs] a seriously appealing woman . . . a whistle-blower who secretly calls attention to corruption . . . a strong and frightening sense of place . . . [John Grishamâs] on his game.ââJanet Maslin, The New York Times
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â[John Grisham is] our guide to the byways and backwaters of our legal system, superb in particular at ferreting out its vulnerabilities and dramatizing their abuse in gripping style.ââUSA Today
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âRiveting . . . an elaborate conspiracy.ââThe New York Times Book Review
Donât miss John Grishamâs new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!