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Mar 05, 2024weezie1 rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Oh my gosh! If you can keep the characters straight and all the bad guys that are in this story you will do great Was a good story but I found the book to be very long.
Nov 05, 2023Bookworm1136 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
4 - 4 1/2 star read. I haven't read a Grisham novel in a while and this book was very much worth the read. It grabbed me from the beginning and didn't let go until the last page and sure did not disappoint. Lacy is a lawyer who works…
Mar 06, 2023agp1956 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This novel was right in my wheelhouse. Grisham is one of my top ten authors and for me, this is one of his best. I asked myself when I was about 60 per cent through the book, how would this wrap up and at that point, could see three…
Feb 16, 2023AnnieFofa rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I agree with a few of the comments below. The book started out fast paced and interesting, then seemed to run out of steam about half way through.
May 02, 2022Pennies_Thoughts rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Truth is stranger than fiction ... Check out "W5 Investigates BC Casinos". This is the fictional story of a Florida casino being used to launder vast amounts of money generated by the casino. Character Lacy Stolz, investigator for the…
MarianneMolle
Mar 14, 2022
March 2022. I started this book but seemed to much like The Judges List so put it aside for some time to pass.
Feb 11, 2022Summer2021 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Very well done. Totally believable.
Jan 10, 2022jaqmartial1 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A quick read because of the thrill. Back to the old Grishams! Unfortunately the epilogue is incomplete..it would have been nice to know what happened to all of the characters.
Nov 21, 2021writermala rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I read "The Judge's List" and liked it so much that I went back and read this Lacy Stoltz book too. It has everything I like in a thriller. A whistle blower contacts the Justice board and files a complaint about a very very corrupt judge…
Jul 09, 2021trudge rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Great read. Interesting and fast-paced. And baby, I do love that large print...
Jun 21, 2021morrowpa rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Grisham will never learn the writes for the movies. Ok book but I now read Grisham when I am filling in between my favorite authors. This book is too descriptive and too many characters to track.
Mar 03, 2021Cidherman rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
THE WHISTLER is John Grisham writing in the style and subject matter that made me a huge fan of his earliest works. I didn't care too much for his CAMINO WINDS series and THE RECKONING was excellent but a departure from the type books he…
Jan 02, 2021SGMARTIN rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
The novel was intriguing in the beginning, but at about the half way point seemed to go flat. I had the impression that the author was up against a deadline and his imagination had run dry. The last third of the book read like a simple…
Nov 15, 2020AnnSkye rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Another good Grisham read but a little harder to get into then some.
Oct 18, 2020red_beetle_206 rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
The book took too long to develop its premise. I found the development boring. The rest of the book was OK, although I don’t think there was much suspense. I don’t think the plot lived up to the overly complex plot development at the…
Sep 17, 2020TigerMO rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed this book a lot. I didn’t find any of the plot predictable as some reviewer‘s have stated. I conceived an ending which I hoped I would later read and I was not disappointed.
Feb 28, 2020maipenrai rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I have been reading books by Mr. Grisham for 30 years. My favorite is still "A Time to Kill". The history of this "first novel" is as follows: A Time to Kill is a 1989 legal thriller by John Grisham. It was Grisham's first novel. The…
Jun 07, 2019AnnSkye rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Good, but I didn’t enjoy it as much as some of his others.
May 15, 2019shteebo rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Kept me reading, but it's not a memorable story.
Feb 06, 2019tracysue rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I found this to be an entertaining read, but a bit slow in parts.
Jan 11, 2019c_tingstad rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
This work takes an uncomfortably conservative bend I don't remember Grisham espousing in his other books, in that it relies on racist, homophobic and sexist stereotypes which, beyond being morally annoying, betrays laziness in imagination,…
Jul 24, 2018TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
As a legal thriller, The Whistler focuses on the idea of judicial corruption and misconduct. It ties together inner financial operations of a wealthy casino with a judge reported to be engaging in funding its construction on what is meant…
Jul 12, 2018Zoelexi777 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Fantastic read. I couldn’t put it down.
Jun 13, 2018kimchan98 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Nest book i have read in awhile. I could see this becoming a movie...if not already....
Apr 25, 2018jimg2000 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
No need to read the lengthy description. This quote from book does it: “So, your story involves organized criminals, Indians who own casinos, and a crooked judge, all in bed together?” This book is less entertaining but with more…