Because I’m such a fan of The Firm, I was thrilled to read John Grisham’s newest thriller, The Exchange. Did Mitch’s old firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke survive? What happened to the firm partners? I can say that you don’t need to have read The Firm but if you have, all the loose ends are tied up nicely here.
Mitch is still humble, even years later and even now that he’s a partner at a huge international law firm with offices in New York City. He still wants to do the right thing, and is still very happily married to Abby, who is now a cookbook editor.
Mitch and Abby are now living a very comfortable life but we do get a small glimpse of what life would have been like back in Memphis when Mitch looks up his friend Lamar who had practiced with him at his old law firm. Theresa are lots of firm meetings and form lunches but the pace picks up when the daughter of a senior form partner, who is also an associate at the law firm, is kidnapped in Libya. The identity of the kidnappers is always kept vague and although the book is set in 2005, it feels very current and timely.
If you’re looking for a direct sequel to The Firm, this isn’t it. But it is a standalone, fast-paced international thriller that ties in nicely with certain events from The Firm.
Thanks to Doubleday Books for the review copy!
About the Book:
#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm.
What became of Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the crimes of Memphis law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke and fled the country? The answer is in The Exchange, the riveting sequel to The Firm, the blockbuster thriller that launched the career of America’s favorite storyteller. It is now fifteen years later, and Mitch and Abby are living in Manhattan, where Mitch is a partner at the largest law firm in the world. When a mentor in Rome asks him for a favor that will take him far from home, Mitch finds himself at the center of a sinister plot that has worldwide implications—and once again endangers his colleagues, friends, and family. Mitch has become a master at staying one step ahead of his adversaries, but this time there’s nowhere to hide.