The Firm, John Grisham
The Firm, John Grisham
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The Firm

Author: John Grisham

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 17 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/06/2007


Synopsis

#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER • The iconic legal thriller that launched the career of America’s favorite storyteller, hailed as “an absolute master” (The Washington Post)

“[An] ingenious man-in-the-middle thriller.”—Entertainment Weekly
 
Mitch McDeere has worked hard to get where he is: third in his class at Harvard Law. Aggressively recruited by all the top firms, and initially headed for Wall Street, Mitch surprises everyone by joining Bendini, Lambert & Locke, a very private, very rich tax firm in Memphis. Mitch and his wife, Abby, move to Tennessee and quickly settle into their new life: they’re young, happy, and on the fast track. Or so they think.
 
Soon, though, Mitch senses trouble: two of the partners die in a suspicious diving accident off Grand Cayman; the firm’s management is overly proud of the fact that no one has ever resigned; and security measures at the firm, even for a company with billionaire clients, are more than a little stringent. Then, suddenly, Mitch’s vague suspicions come to life.
 
The FBI has the lowdown on Mitch’s firm and needs his help. Now Mitch is caught between a rock and a hard place. The FBI will bust him if he doesn’t cooperate, and the firm will kill him if he does. There’s no way out.
 
Or is there?
 
The story continues in The Exchange, the “breathtaking” (The Wall Street Journal) sequel to The Firm!

About John Grisham

John Ray Grisham, Jr. was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas on February 8, 1955. Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University and later from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981. He was a practicing criminal attorney for over ten years and then served in the House of Representatives from 1984 to 1990. He published his first novel in 1989 after working on it for five years. ‘A Time to Kill’, his first novel, launched his new career and was later made into a major motion picture. His first bestseller, ‘The Firm’, released in 1991, sold over seven million copies and was made into a box office hit starring Tom Cruise two years later. Almost twenty years later in 2012, a TV series was launched and picks up the life of Mitch McDeere and his family ten years after the events of the novel.

John Grisham has had his novels translated into more than forty languages and has sold nearly 300 million copies worldwide. He is a winner of the prestigious Galaxy British Book Award and is one of only three authors (the other two being Tom Clancy and J.K. Rowling) to ever sell two million copies of a first published novel. Nine of his novels (including ‘The Firm and ‘A Time to Kill’ have been made into major motion pictures.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew on April 27, 2019

This was the first or second John Grisham book I ever read. I read it years ago - in fact, I think when I read it the most recent Grisham book release was The Pelican Brief or maybe The Client. I remember enjoying this book a lot and that all of his early books had a similar feel and were very easy......more

Goodreads review by Baba on May 16, 2024

Third in his Harvard graduation class Mitchell McDeere gets the job opportunity of a lifetime with a Memphis lawyer firm offering huge earnings now and in the future, great perks and even a low-rate starter mortgage; the fact that they have no non-white or female lawyers he is prepared to overlook;......more

Goodreads review by Peter on November 30, 2019

Mitch McDeere, a young promising lawyer, hires with Bendini, Lambert & Locke, a small firm of integrity set in Memphis. But the firm is secretely controlled by the mafia (an crucial aspect he doesn't know when signing a contract with them). Relatively soon the FBI wants him to cooperate with them. E......more

Goodreads review by Darla on October 07, 2023

This was my first read by Grisham in 1993 and I can truthfully say that the thrill is NOT gone. The Firm is brilliant and reminds me why I have continued to devour one Grisham title after another for the past 30 years. Mitch and Abby are unstoppable and I can't wait to see what happens in Book 2. Al......more

Goodreads review by Melissa (Semi-hiatus for Work) on February 17, 2022

One of my favorite books--an engaging legal thriller that kept me invested from the first page to the last.......more


Quotes

“Grisham is an absolute master.”The Washington Post

“Taut, fast and relentless . . . a ride worth taking.”San Francisco Chronicle

“Keeps the reader hooked . . . from the creepy first chapters . . . to the vise-tightening midsection and on to the take-the money-and-run finale.”The Wall Street Journal

“Irresistable . . . seizes the reader on the opening page and propels him through 400 more.”Newsweek

“[An] ingenious man-in-the-middle thriller.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Reads like a whirlwind.”Chicago Tribune