01839cam a2200253 4500 121330872 TxAuBib 20121113120000.0 120508s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780385535144 0385535147 YDXCP YDXCP BTCTA BDX NOG UPZ FLWMD WIM CPG SINLB LF3 IEP NSB JP3 NSB BWX ZPK TxAuBib Grisham, John. The racketeer [HC] / John Grisham. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, 2012. 343 p. ; 25 cm. When a federal judge and his secretary fail to appear for a scheduled trial and panicked clerks call for an FBI investigation, a harrowing murder case ensues and culminates in the imprisonment of a lawyer who imparts the story of who killed the judge and why. Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of this country only four active federal judges have been murdered. Judge Raymond Fogletree just became number five. His body was found in the 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 Fogletree and his young secretary. I did not know Judge Fogletree, but I know who killed him, and why. I am a lawyer, and I am in prison. It's a long story. 20121113. Judges Crimes against Fiction. Lawyers Imprisonment Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Legal stories.