52 pages 1 hour read

John Grisham

The Judge's List

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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Chapters 27-33Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 27 Summary

Bannick receives another letter. This time, he calls the police and turns over the envelope, keeping the letters to himself. He tells them he has no specific culprit in mind. As the officers are leaving, they wonder why the judge did not show them the letters. They suspect it is because he knows who sent them.

Going into his office at the courthouse, Bannick tells his secretary that he has been diagnosed with cancer and is taking a leave of absence for an experimental treatment. Leasing a new car, he enters Jeri Crosby’s address into the GPS navigation system and drives past her apartment building only 60 minutes from his own home.

Chapter 28 Summary

Darren and Lacy are on their way to meet with Sheriff Black, who has something to tell them that he does not want to say over the phone or in an email. Halfway there, they receive a text from Sadelle; Bannick has canceled everything on his docket and is taking a leave of absence for health reasons.

Sheriff Black tells Darren and Lacy that the FBI has lifted a partial print from one of the phones they found in the mail drop. There must have been a tear in the killer’s glove.