I enjoyed this book. It has been sitting on my bookcase for years. I ended up really liking some of the characters, and I really enjoying disliking others. I even enjoyed all the legal strategies. A good read.

I had almost forgotten about Scott Turow, after reading his first blockbuster Presumed Innocent way back in 1987. So when I discovered this rather tattered novel in my rental condo in Mexico, I picked it up out of idle curiosity. Within the first few pages I was engrossed in this legal drama that had SO many twists that it took all of my mental faculties to keep up. And what a cast of complex, interesting characters that included not just one, but two couples experiencing the joys and sorrows of romantic love. (I appreciated the legend at the front that listed the characters). This is a rich, layered novel with various subplots, and numerous observations on the human condition. Highly recommended.

3.5 stars Like a couple of reviewers, I felt more curiosity about the relationship between Arthur, the defense attorney, and Gillian, the former judge who served time for felonious deeds than I did for the "hoodlum" on death row. Clearly, I wanted to see an innocent man set free, but he was not a very sympathetic character, simply one of those people who do not contribute anything positive to society. As for Larry, the cop who forced a confession from the convicted man and was totally unwilling to see any alternative to his findings, and Muriel, the very flawed prosecutor and Larry's sometime lover, they failed to evoke much emotional investment in me. However, there was enough intrigue to hold my interest until the end.

If I were a lawyer,I would appreciate this book more, but I am not, so I got bogged down in a lot of the terminology and twists and turns. The characters were very interesting, and the two love stories gave relief from all the legal shenanigans. The plot just seemed to plod along too slowly for me, and the ending was too open and abrupt. I just wanted more resolution.

This was an intelligently told story, but it spent a massive portion dealing with relationship issues between people who were working on the case as opposed to the case itself. The plot was good but the padding (in my opinion) made it a slog to get through which is why I didn't rate it higher. The idea of "reversible errors" echoed throughout far more than the obvious connection to the case; it applied to how the case was proscectued and defended with plenty of blame to go around as well as to the characters's relationship and life decisions.

Really enjoyed it very much. Very interesting legal track & info. Fitted very well into the story line. The multiple plots going on were very easy to follow and he tied it all up at the end. Well written fast reading. Great characters!

This legal thriller failed to live up to the expectations of a book by talented Scott Turrow. The book starts well, a Black man with a very low IQ, is on the death row when his letters are taken note of and Arthur Raven is appointed by the court to defend pro bono.
Moving across 10 years the book has some exciting court scenes and arguments. New forensic and other evidence are brought in. Then the book starts becoming too long, a lot about interpersonal relationships, some repetitive stuff. After page 400 one starts getting restless.
The politics of judges, prosecutors, detectives all are fine but the end takes long time coming.
Avoidable unless one wants to learn fine points of American jurisprudence.

Now within days of being executed for a triple murder ten years earlier, Romny "Squirrel" Gandolph asks for one last look at his case claiming innocence. Arthur Raven is appointed to take the case even though he believes his new client to be guilty. Investigating the crime he discovers a flawed rx-judge, an ambitious prosector, a questionable cop, and self-serving witnesses. Arthur has an uphill battle attempting to save his client.

This book started off really exciting and then the middle was really slow and I almost just stopped reading it. By the end it picked up again and I had already made a pretty big investment by getting so far, so I just finished it.

This book has some fun little twists and turns in the middle, but it doesn't make up for the long drawn out parts. One thing that bugged me was the "good guys" in the book had dark secrets and the "bad guys" found God and wanted to repent. It was a little backwards. I get that we all have our problems, but the characters in this book were hard to like.

This book also had sex scenes and swearing. Not much of a fan.

Rommy "Squirrel" Gandolph is an inmate on death row for a 1991 triple murder in Kindle County. Arthur Raven is a corporate lawyer who is Rommy's reluctant court-appointed representative. Arthur's opponent in the case is Muriel Wynn, Kindle County's chief deputy prosecuting attorney. Muriel and Larry Starczek, the original detective on the case, don't want to see Rommy's release. And Gillian Sullivan, the judge who originally found Rommy guilty, is only recently out of prison herself, having served time for taking bribes.

I almost DNF this book. I actually didn't care about the 2 couples' private lives (Arthur and Gillian; Larry and Muriel). I expected action and suspense, not couples' problems. In addition, there are many swearing and unnecessary sex scenes. That's why I skimmed the pages a lot. Book's conclusion was so boring, that I regretted reading this book, that's too long: 464 pages - it should have 110 pages less.

This is the first book I read by this author. I think it was unnecessarily long (553 pages) and drawn out. There was way too much time spent on the relationships between Arthur/Gillian, Arthur/Susan and Muriel/Larry and it didn't add anything to the underlying story. I almost quit reading this book twice, but it was during the Austin blackout, and I didn't have anything else to read. I might read another book by this author if it's not so long and drawn out. It should definitely not be classified as a thriller.

First chapter was good went downhill from there. Hated every single character in this book.