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Mar 07, 2018JLHCKY rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I read this book not as a result of the story outline but because it was Grisham. I couldn't understand the title; Wikipedia says "a racket is a planned or organized criminal act ..., often a repeated or continuous criminal operation." Well into it, I asked, "Where's that?" The story circles around Malcolm Bannister, a small-town lawyer in prison for 10 years for money laundering for which he is adamant that he is innocent. To keep himself sane, he serves as a jail-house lawyer. As he approaches his fifth anniversary inside, a federal judge is murdered in rural Virginia. The FBI is stumped, and Malcolm gets word to them that he can identify the killer(s) if he is released and granted immunity. The book reminds me of Agatha Christie's best - a second reading is required. The same for "The Racketeer." A second time would help me understand all the twists and turns!