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The Whistler
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
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Publisher's Summary
From John Grisham, America's number one best-selling author, comes the most electrifying novel of the year, a high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State.
We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity and impartiality are the bedrock of the entire judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to punish those who do wrong, and to oversee the orderly and efficient flow of justice.
But what happens when a judge bends the law or takes a bribe? It's rare, but it happens.
Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption.
But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business with a new identity. He now goes by the name Greg Myers, and he claims to know of a Florida judge who has stolen more money than all other crooked judges combined. And not just crooked judges in Florida. All judges, from all states and throughout US history.
What's the source of the ill-gotten gains? It seems the judge was secretly involved with the construction of a large casino on Native American land. The Coast Mafia financed the casino and is now helping itself to a sizable skim of each month's cash. The judge is getting a cut and looking the other way. It's a sweet deal: Everyone is making money.
But now Greg wants to put a stop to it. His only client is a person who knows the truth and wants to blow the whistle and collect millions under Florida law. Greg files a complaint with the Board on Judicial Conduct, and the case is assigned to Lacy Stoltz, who immediately suspects that this one could be dangerous.
Dangerous is one thing. Deadly is something else.
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- Elle
- 10-30-16
It's John Grisham, right?
I've never missed a Grisham book so when I bought it, tried it, and did not like it at all, I returned it. Having misgivings, I repurchased the audiobook, kept it, and -- I can't believe I'm saying this -- will not finish a John Grisham book.
The main character, who could be a very smart, brave woman, is voiced to be some lame character escaped from a Joan Collins book. It's not just the narration, which is dull and middle-schoolish, it's the dumbed down dialogue and what appears to be an indecision on the author's part as to which characters should be endearing and which ones the reader will root against. For me, not one character stirred any interest at all, so I guess the ending, whatever it is, doesn't mean anything to me either.
Now I'll decide whether to risk being thought deranged and return the book a second time or just kiss the credit goodbye. Maybe I'll check my Audible Library for The Racketeer and relisten to a really good Grisham book
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- S. Chapman
- 11-17-16
Disappointing
I could not get interested in this book. Why a female was chosen to read it escapes me. The combination of poor plot development and inability to relate to any of the characters made completing the book tedious. I use to be a big a Grisham fan but it will be awhile before I want to read another.
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- Donna
- 11-03-16
Worst Grisham book ever!
I have waited months for the next John Grisham book. I've never been disappointed...until now. This book has no depth, no substance and the narrator has zero personality! It drags on and on. Agonizing is the best description. Tune to put the quill away John. Should have stopped while you were on top.
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- Mary
- 11-02-16
Disappointing
If this were a Stephen King book, it would definitely be a trunk novel.
King talks about his trunk novels as something he wrote and didn't like enough to publish but was too good to throw out. So he puts them in a trunk where they remain for a few years, and may eventually get recycled.
That's what this feels like. That Grisham has recycled something that didn't quite make the cut in his earlier years.
First, the technology is dated. Everyone knows what a burner phone is. Evidently Grisham doesn't quite grasp the concept. Or the concept of how recording devices work these days. Or what a home burglar system does. It gets quite tedious.
Second, there's nothing in the story to place it in time. It doesn't tell you if it's supposed to be set in the 80s, 90s, or present day. It's like someone went through with a word processor and removed anything that would pinpoint a decade.
Third, the characters are wholly unlike Grisham's other works. They are bland, undeveloped, and boring. There's nothing to make you connect with them or like them.
The only little bit of grace this book has--if you're interested--is perhaps seeing what an author looks like before he became a good author. There are faint flashes of brilliance, but not enough to save the story.
If it's not a trunk book, then Grisham is losing his touch and needs to think about resting on his laurels.
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- Liz
- 11-01-16
cracking good yarn
What did you like best about The Whistler? What did you like least?
The story was craftily constructed like a spider weaves a web, first with a broad framework and then filling in the details. As for the dirty rotten scoundrels, I won't give away the ending. Some of the writing did not sound like Grisham, though, a trait I've noticed in some of his recent books. The narrator was, without a doubt, the worst I've ever heard. Thank goodness the story was so good, otherwise I would not have been able to get beyond the first chapter.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-30-16
God awful narrative performance.
So sad that Grisham would present this to his loyal readers. Mediocrity at it's best. Spare us from this narrator ever again.
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- TechJunkie
- 11-02-16
Can't get past the narrator's voice
What did you like best about The Whistler? What did you like least?
great story, narrator cannot do male voices
What other book might you compare The Whistler to and why?
n/a
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Cassandra Campbell?
Dick Hill, Ron McLarty,
Any additional comments?
This is the first Grisham book I've ever stopped reading, or in this case listening to. Cassandra Campbell cannot do male voices. Unless a line in the book is followed by "he said" or "she said" I can't tell which gender just spoke. She might be great with some other formats, but I'll not buy another audible book - my favorite way to enjoy a book - with her as narrator. I've been spoiled by the great narrators, like Dick Hill with the Jack Reacher series, Ron McLarty and others.
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- Carol
- 11-01-16
the narrator is too dramatic
Not thrilling not much of anything to be honest. the narrator is draining at times, too dramatic too breathy.
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- Mom2four
- 11-01-16
Returning this
The narrator was awful and the book was boring and hard to follow. A disappointment.
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- Thomas
- 10-27-16
Stilted
The dialog or the reader or both seem stilted, hesitating or inauthentic. For so much buildup the story is somewhat disappointing. Usually I am a fan and find his stories to be very good, but I think this one comes up short. Others may not agree.
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