PLEADING GUILTY

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Summary: Average book
Review: This was my first Turow read. I thought it was decent, but not exceptional. I won't read another of his

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Summary: Plodding mystery that should come with a character map.
Review: Turow brings us back to Kindle County, which seems to be home of a large population of disturbed people. Our hero is the hapless Mack Malloy, a former cop turned lawyer, who somehow managed to become a partner in a local law firm. His laziness has him close to getting the boot by the partnership, until the head partners ask him to investigate the disappearance of $5.6 million from an airplane crash settlement fund. All arrows point to another partner having taken the money. Mack confides in another partner, Brushy, who provides the sexual titillation in this book as the town slut. Mack's investigation takes us to the local Russian Baths and down to South America before we learn who really took the money, and why. All the while, Mack has to battle his former colleague and nemesis, Detective Pigeyes, who thinks Mack is somehow dirty. The only thing dirty is this story. There were so many characters, few of which had any distinguishing qualities, that it was hard to keep many of the partners apart. Mack is a hard character to like - he leads a life no one would admire, and gives me no reason to want him to succeed in his quest. Mid-way through the book I was hoping a bomb would explode in the law firm and just wipe out all the characters so that we could start over.

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Summary: Legal Thriller
Review: Very entertaining read. Turow's characters and legal settings ring with authenticity.