Pleading Guilty

By Scott Turow

'Scott Turow is master of the legal thriller' – The Guardian

Set in a world of corporate conspiracy, money and murder, Pleading Guilty is Scott Turow's third Kindle County legal thriller. His first Kindle County thriller, Presumed Innocent, is now a major TV series from Apple TV+ starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

Meet Mack Malloy. Ex-cop, not-quite-ex-drunk, and partner-on-the-wane in one of the country's most high-powered law firms. A long-time ally of the wayward, Mack is on the trail of a colleague: his firm's star litigator, who has vanished with more than five million dollars of a client's money.

It’s a trail that will take him into the enthralling and ominous heart of a city, as Mack desperately fights to reinvent himself from the depths of his own shattered soul . . .

Praise for Scott Turow:

'Head-and-shoulders above others in the legal thriller genre he created' – The Observer

'A brilliant chronicler of contemporary America' – The Sunday Times

'Turow does legal thrillers better than anyone else' – Irish Independent

'Worthy to be ranked with Dashiell Hammet or Raymond Chandler' – The New York Times

'No one writes better mystery suspense novels than Scott Turow' – Los Angeles Times

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Release date: May 22, 2014
• ISBN: 9781447245056

Scott Turow

Scott Turow is the author of worldwide bestselling novels including Presumed Innocent, Innocent, Ordinary Heroes, The Burden of Proof, Reversible Errors and Limitations. His works of nonfiction include One L, his journal from his first year at law school, and Ultimate Punishment, which he wrote after serving on the Illinois commission that investigated the administration of the death penalty and influenced Governor George Ryan’s unprecedented commutation of the sentences of 164 death row inmates on his last day in office. Ultimate Punishment won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He lives outside Chicago, where he is partner in the firm of SNR Denton (formerly Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal).

Reviews for Pleading Guilty

[aliceanna-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A fast read. Kind of reminded me of The Firm except this guy was a definite anti-hero, and the ending was much more satisfactory.

[permaswooned · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The story had twists and turns galore. Too many. It was just to confuse the reader but doesn't advance the story. Disappointing.

[henrimoreaux · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The story of a law firm struggling with a case corporate embezzlement and a missing lawyer.The interesting sound scenario of the blurb quickly devolves into a plodding, slow and methodical story line written in the form of dictated notes by the protagonist.Whilst being duller than a room with no lights on it does manage to at least achieve a willingness for the reader to see how the story ends, but provides very little else.It's not 1 star crap, but 2 stars would be rather optimistic.

[bohemiangirl35 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Not as good as Presumed Innocent. I was able to follow the first part only half listening. I was a little disappointed. I was sick of the main character referring to cops as "coppers."

[anagarika0sean · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Not quite as good as Presumed Innocent or The Burden of Proof, but great none-the-less.

[borg6mx5 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Another tale from the fictional Kindle County. Here is a tale of a lawyer on his way down the ladder of success. He's searching for a partner who absconded with millions of dollars. In this case he must search the city, and investigate its characters. This is par for the course for Turrow. Not as much tension as in others, but still a pleasant, light read.