Katie F. (katiez) - , reviewed on 5/16/2010 + 17 more book reviews

Absolutely one of Grisham's best! No courtroom scenes here; this book is set primarily in Italy, so that's a fun change from his usual. 'The Broker' is a very greedy and crooked attorney who was contacted by a group of Pakistanis who had hacked into an advanced system of spy satellites that, before they discovered it, had been unknown to most of the world's governments, except, obviously, whoever put them into space. As it became obvious that someone would kill to keep the satellites a secret, Joel, the 'Broker,' decided to turn state's evidence and go to prison for his company's bilking a lot of people out of a lot of money, rather than stay free and risk being killed. But since the shadowy parts of the U.S. gov't still didn't know who put those spy satellites into space, a decision was made to pardon Joel to see who killed him. Because if they could determine what country the killer was from, they'd know who the now-useless satellites belonged to. He was taken to Italy, ostensibly to hide, but really to act as bait. It becomes a wild game of cat-and-mouse that will keep you riveted.

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