The Whistler
The unputdownable crime thriller from the number 1 Sunday Times bestselling author
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4.2 • 300 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
WHO JUDGES A JUDGE?
A corrupt judge is getting away with murder.
Lacy Stoltz investigates judicial misconduct in Florida. When she meets Greg Meyers, an indicted lawyer, he tells her a secret that will put her in the firing line.
Myers has dirt on a judge in league with organised crime who had forced through legislation to build a casino on a Native American reservation. Anyone who opposed the crooked scheme is dead. Now, Myers wants Lacy to make the judge's crimes public.
But if she does, Lacy will be gambling with her life...
💥350+ million copies, 45 languages, 10 blockbuster films: JOHN GRISHAM IS THE MASTER OF THE LEGAL THRILLER💥
Praise for The Whistler:
'A real page turner' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I was captivated from beginning to end' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'If I could have given this book 10 stars I would've done!'⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Grisham never disappoints - a great story'⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
It’s rare for an author to be so, so good for so very long. John Grisham’s 37th book is a terrific legal thriller from a master of the genre: insider-y, suspenseful and fun. But what makes The Whistler particularly great are the wonderfully three-dimensional characters at its heart. Lacy Stoltz and Hugo Hatch are friends and colleagues at the Board on Judicial Conduct, where they investigate judges accused of malpractice and corruption. As the duo work through the biggest, most dangerous case of their careers, we were on-board (and on edge) for every twist and turn.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Lawyer Lacy Stolz, the heroine of this tense legal thriller from bestseller Grisham (Rogue Lawyer), investigates complaints against judges for the Florida Board on Judicial Misconduct. In her nine years on the job, there has never been any danger in her assignments; the justices are often more incompetent than corrupt. Everything changes when Stolz and a colleague, Hugo Hatch, meet with a disbarred lawyer, who eager to collect a whistleblower's reward has evidence of corruption unlike anything they have ever handled. A judge in the pocket of the Coast Mafia has spent years skimming millions from a Native American owned casino. At least three people have been murdered to cover up the graft, and an innocent man sits on death row, but few are willing to help Stolz and Hatch expose the corruption. The casino keeps the money flowing, and stepping forward could be deadly. A lead brings Stolz and Hatch onto tribal land, where they find themselves caught in a trap. A high-stakes game of gambling, greed, and murder plays out in another page-turner from a master storyteller.
Customer Reviews
Whistler
Another one of Grisham great novels. Good suspense page turner, would recommend.
Pedestrian with cardboard characters
It was a struggle to keep reading this book, especially up to about the last quarter of it. The characters did not inspire involvement or investment of emotion in them. They simply said or did this or that, which became very mundane. There was no tension in the plot to hold interest, just a series of events. A disappointing read.
Good. Not great
I’m a fan of Grisham’s earlier works, and am always hopeful that my latest purchase will see a return to his earlier standards.
For me, this is another that doesn’t measure up to those earlier beauties. For me - This book is good, but not great.