Pamela M. (Pyan) reviewed on 3/25/2006 + 106 more book reviews

Scott Turow has been writing legal thrillers for some years now, suspenseful in their way, with twisting plots and interesting characters. This, his fifth book, is a wonderful turn on the world of personal injury lawsuits. The narrator, George Mason, is representing another lawyer, Robbie Feaver.

Robbie's been working as a personal injury lawyer for twenty years, winning many cases, with a dirty little secret he's never told anyone before: he bribes judges to get the decisions he wanted. Now he's been discovered, and his only way to stay out of prison is to cooperate. The U.S. Attorney wants him to wear a wire, and incriminate as many of the judges and other actors as he can.

Robbie Feaver, the main character, is a wonderfully drawn contradiction, a born salesman/actor who can lie to everyone repeatedly and still have them, at some level, liking him.

I enjoyed this book.

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