| Description |
10 sound discs (approximately 76 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
123332 |
| System Details |
Requires OverDrive Media Console |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Downloadable audio file. |
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Title from: Title details screen. |
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Unabridged. |
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Duration: 12:33:32. |
| Performer |
Read by Michael Beck. |
| Summary |
John Grisham's first legal thriller since The broker. In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town's water supply, causing the worst 'cancer cluster' in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it. Who are the nine? How will they vote? Can one be replaced before the case is ultimately decided? The chemical company is owned by a Wall Street predator named Carl Trudeau, and Mr. Trudeau is convinced the Court is not friendly enough. With judicial elections looming, he decides to try to purchase himself a seat on the Court. The cost is a few million dollars, a drop in the bucket for a billionaire like Mr. Trudeau. Through an intricate web of conspiracy and deceit, his political operatives recruit a young, unsuspecting candidate. They finance him, manipulate him, market him, and mold him into a potential Supreme Court justice. |
| Subject |
Chemical industry -- Fiction. -- Sound recordings.
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Chemical industry -- Waste disposal -- Environmental aspects -- Fiction. -- Sound recordings.
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Trials (Offenses against the environment) -- Fiction. -- Sound recordings.
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Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- Fiction. -- Sound recordings.
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Mississippi -- Fiction.
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Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Legal stories.
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Mystery fiction.
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Audiobooks.
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Downloadable audiobook.
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| Added Author |
Beck, Michael, 1949-
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Books on Tape, Inc.
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| Other Form: |
Original 1415943583 (OCoLC)180698411 |
| ISBN |
9781415943595 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) |
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1415943591 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) |
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