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The Exchange: After ‘The Firm’

Books on Tape. (The Firm, Bk. 2). Oct. 2023. 9:02 hrs. ISBN 9780593607497. $95. THRILLER
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Fifteen years after Mitch exposed the corrupt law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke in Grisham’s best-selling The Firm, Mitch, Abby, and their twin boys are living a quiet, prosperous life in Manhattan. Mitch is a partner in the world’s largest international law firm, Scully & Pershing. As a favor to his dying friend Luca Sandroni, Mitch takes the case of Lannak, a Turkish construction company that is suing the Libyan government for $400 million in unpaid fees. Luca convinces Mitch to allow his daughter Giovanna, a rising star in the firm, to accompany him. The plan is to travel in a secure van guarded by four security men. However, when Mitch contracts a severe case of food poisoning and cannot go, Giovanna makes the trip without him. On the way, the security guards meet a gruesome death, and Giovanna is kidnapped. With spot-on pacing, award-winning narrator Edoardo Ballerini ably heightens the tension of this suspenseful novel; listeners will be on edge, waiting to find out if the $100 million ransom for Giovanna’s release will be met.
VERDICT Grisham always brings in an audience, so expect high demand for this fast-paced thriller.
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