The Racketeer

知名法律小說天王約翰.葛里遜令人大呼過癮的最新懸疑鬥智小說！
宣稱握有重大謀殺案破案關鍵的罪犯，真的能藉此重獲自由？

　　儘管他們處理的案件特別棘手、面對的嫌犯無比狡猾，美國有史以來也僅有四個聯邦法官被謀殺。而Raymond Fawcett將會是第五個。

　　屍體是在法官的湖邊渡假小屋裡被人發現，現場沒有強行進入與打鬥的痕跡，只有法官與年輕秘書兩人的屍首靜靜地躺在裡面，旁邊一個大型的保險箱被打開，裡面空無一物。

　　書名形容的詐欺者（Racketeer）是誰？他在法官謀殺案裡扮演的又是什麼角色？

　　這位原名為Malcolm Bannister的前律師，此刻正在馬里蘭州弗洛斯堡附近的聯邦監獄裡服刑。從資料上看來，這段蹲苦牢日子不會太好過，但是因為他手中藏有一張王牌，而讓情勢逆轉──他知道殺害法官的真兇與原因。

　　保險箱裡原先裝了什麼？FBI很有興趣知道，而Malcolm也很樂意提供答案。不過，世上沒有白吃的午餐，那麼關鍵的資訊，自然就需要更有誠意的條件來交換……。（文／博客來編譯）

　　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 Fawcett has just become number five.

　　Who is the Racketeer? And what does he have to do with the judge’s untimely demise? His name, for the moment, is Malcolm Bannister. Job status? Former attorney. Current residence? The Federal Prison Camp near Frostburg, Maryland.

　　On paper, Malcolm’s situation isn’t looking too good these days, but he’s got an ace up his sleeve. He knows who killed Judge Fawcett, and he knows why. The judge’s body was found in his remote lakeside cabin. There was no forced entry, no struggle, just two dead bodies: Judge Fawcett and his young secretary. And one large, state-of-the-art, extremely secure safe, opened and emptied.

　　What was in the safe? The FBI would love to know. And Malcolm Bannister would love to tell them. But everything has a price — especially information as explosive as the sequence of events that led to Judge Fawcett’s death. And the Racketeer wasn’t born yesterday . . .

　　Nothing is as it seems and everything’s fair game in this wickedly clever new novel from John Grisham, the undisputed master of the legal thriller.