Theodore Boone: The Fugitive

Theodore Boone: The Fugitive

Author	John Grisham
Country	U.S.
Language	English
Genre	Legal thriller, Young adult fiction
Publication date	May 12, 2015
Pages	256
ISBN	978-0-525-42638-7
Preceded by	Theodore Boone: The Activist
Followed by	Theodore Boone: The Scandal

Theodore Boone: The Fugitive is the fifth book in the Theodore Boone series written by John Grisham. It was released May 12, 2015. It is on sale at various stores.^[1][2]

Plot

The fifth book in the Theodore Boone series begins with a school trip to D.C. Theo and his classmates are visiting the various monuments and museums in D.C along with Mr. Mount who taught them 'government'. While travelling in the metro, Theo sees a familiar face seated across him, though the man had tried to make some changes to his appearance, it was unmistakable. It was the fugitive Pete Duffy, wanted for the murder of his wife. Pete Duffy had escaped prison and his second trial, after Judge Henry Gantry had declared a mistrial during the initial trial for the murder of Mrs.Duffy. An eye witness, Bobby Escobar had appeared in the last minute of the trial, he had seen Pete Duffy enter his house and come out a few minutes later and throw his golf gloves into the trash bin.

Theo was pretty sure it was Pete Duffy and he follows him to his apartment building, leaving his classmates behind in the metro. Later he calls up his uncle Ike, who further informs the FBI. The FBI try their best to catch Duffy, by putting up a surveillance in front of his building, and searching for him in the metro. Later they bring in Theo and Ike to help them in the search after a week of no results, they head back to the airport in order to return to Strattenburg. At the airport Theo bumps into a man, after a few minutes he realizes it was Pete Duffy but heavily disguised. With the help of FBI, Theo stops Pete Duffy from escaping the country. He is bought back to Strattenburg and the trial begins soon after. The key witness Bobby Escobar is still in the hiding as he is an illegal immigrant from El-Salvador. Though Theo and Bobby's cousin Julio assure him protection, Bobby is scared to testify. Bobby is given protection by the FBI and is taken to a Motel in the nearby town, and Bobby is given a burner phone in order to talk with his family.

Pete Duffy had hired Omar Cheepe a goon who did the dirty work and surveillance for him. He manages to bug the whole Boones & Boones office and track Theo's phone. Once he gets hold of Bobby's number he calls and threatens him in Spanish, telling him that Bobby can never trust the police, after the trial he shall be put in prison too, once the FBI is done with the trial. Bobby escapes his police protection. The Trial is left hanging, as the key witness is missing, and Pete Duffy is about to walk free. Luckily Bobby has a change of heart,he overcomes his fear and contacts Theo, who arranges to meet him in the park along with Judge Gantry, who assures him protection. The next day in court Bobby testifies, and eventually Pete Duffy pleads guilty. Once the trial is over the reward money for catching Pete Duffy, is shared between theo- put in a trust for his college, Ike- who needs money as he is financially broke, and Bobby- he gets the major share as decided by Theo's parents, in order to help Bobby's family financially and help him become a legal immigrant.

Reception

Common Sense Media found "Like all good detective stories, this one is hard to put down."^[3] Jess Hockey for The Guardian said "Theodore Boone is back with a bang." and "It is fast-paced and you never want to put this book down; it entices you into reading more and more."^[4]

References

External links

• at Penguin Group