The Partner
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From Kirkus Reviews:
Patrick Lanigan is tracked down to his hideout in Brazil, where he lives modestly near the Paraguayan border. Surely, Jack Stephano thinks, Patrick could not have spent the $90 million he ran off with four years ago. Jack has spent $3 million tracking Patrick down, and he wants that money. He wants it so much that he's blithely torturing Patrick to discover its location. The problem is that Patrick doesn't really know. He's given power of attorney to his lover, the brilliant Brazilian lawyer Eva Miranda, and she has been shuttling the money from bank to bank around the world, keeping it untraceable. When Patrick fails to call her at four in the afternoon, per usual, she skips out, as they've planned, and goes into hiding. And as planned, she phones the FBI office in Biloxi, Mississippi, and tells them that one Jack Stephano has very likely captured Patrick and is holding him in Brazil. The FBI puts pressure on Stephano to bring Patrick back to Biloxi, where the embezzlement took place and where Patrick's cremated remains were buried after his car went over an embankment. Patrick even attended his own funeral, watching through binoculars. As it turns out, the $90 million he ran off with was dirty money his law firm had helped collect in a criminal conspiracy to rob the government. Will the money be returned? Will Patrick escape trial for the murder of whoever it was that died in that accident? And what of Eva, now hiding in the States and helping Patrick orchestrate his defense? Grisham comes up with a masterfully bittersweet end (with his title taking on a sly double edge) that may be his most satisfying ever.
My brother gave me this book for Christmas off of my Amazon wish list when I was still living in Santa Fe.
I finally got around to reading it while moving from Vegas to Austin last Summer. Grisham was an author (like Hillerman) that I overdosed on when I found them, and then quit reading them. This book reminded me of how well Grisham writes, always staying a step or two ahead of you, but leading you along on a thrilling ride.
Be careful with this book, it may cause insomnia.
I finally got around to reading it while moving from Vegas to Austin last Summer. Grisham was an author (like Hillerman) that I overdosed on when I found them, and then quit reading them. This book reminded me of how well Grisham writes, always staying a step or two ahead of you, but leading you along on a thrilling ride.
Be careful with this book, it may cause insomnia.
Journal Entry 3 by BigrTex at Mailing to bookcrosser in Labuan, Malaysia -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Released 19 yrs ago (2/8/2005 UTC) at Mailing to bookcrosser in Labuan, Malaysia -- Controlled Releases
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In honor of John Grisham's 50th birthday I am sending this book around the world to kucingkiut.
In honor of John Grisham's 50th birthday I am sending this book around the world to kucingkiut.
Received today. BIIGG thanks to BigrTex.
Be careful with this book, it may cause insomnia.
This quote by BigrTex realy makes me want to starts reading tonight. Unfortunately, I'm committed to a bookring.
Be careful with this book, it may cause insomnia.
This quote by BigrTex realy makes me want to starts reading tonight. Unfortunately, I'm committed to a bookring.
At last, I'm done. I hardly can put this book down. Unfortunately, the ending is a bit dissapointing. Overall, it's good.
Journal Entry 6 by susanna_koh at Labuan, Federal Territory of Labuan (Bandar Labuan) Malaysia on Saturday, September 2, 2017
Love John Grisham. Book will travel again.
