"Mack Malloy is a partner in one of Kindle County's top law firms. An ex-cop who joined the firm on a wave of enthusiasm and optimism, he now feels himself to be on the way down, and possibly out. Bert Kamin, gifted, erratic and combative, is one of the firm's star litigators and he has disappeared"

This is the third book in the Kindle County Legal Thriller series, and I really enjoyed it. It was engaging, and kept me turning pages, because it was driving me a bit batty that I didn't know what had happened to Bert Kamin. The ending was unexpected, which I like! That's how a mystery/thrilled book should be - you shouldn't be able to guess the ending. Well-written, and would recommend to anyone.

Not My Favorite

A great story that was buried in the mind of the protagonist talking about everything under the sun requiring intense attention to parsing out the actual details of the plot. I was disappointed to say the least but I’m going to stick with at least one more in the series. As an aside, the author has found ways to link elements of other books in this series…not so with Book #3. An opportunity missed.

The story of a law firm struggling with a case corporate embezzlement and a missing lawyer.

The interesting sounding 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 is rather optimistic.

Depressed law firm partner searches for another missing partner who is mixed up with fixing basketball games, homosexuality and a $6 million fake payment.
Complicated. Just OK.

I’ve spent 2 weeks trying diligently to read this book. I’m half way through it and am very tempted to go to the last two chapters in an effort to get through the verbose quagmire! Mr. Turow must have fans, but I’m not one of them. If I turned a piece that I had written that emulated this author’s style, my professor in college would have given it back with the comment “Too Many Words!” The main character is assigned to find a law partner that has absconded with millions from the firm and disappeared. Should be an exciting read, but I just have to put this one down.

Скот Търоу борави чудесно с думите, но историята някак не ме грабна и просто не ми беше интересна.

Really rich, really deep. This is what a character driven mystery should be. Turow brings them to life, throws in a credible, twisty plot and a satisfying ending, and does it all with some of the most evocative prose I have ever read. Copyright 1993, I gave up on Turow after 'The Burden of Proof' which I found way too slow. Perhaps I changed, perhaps Turow's second novel was a self-indulgent work or rushed, as second novels often are. My bad.

I don't need my fiction books to be 100% believable, but this was just a jumbled mess.
I love the unreliable narrator Mack; never quite sure what moves he's planning next or if he even knows his next steps. However, the POV of him dictating all this in real time just didn't make sense. At the end, I can see at that point why he would; but up until that time, it doesn't make sense he would record it all. He also caught way too many 'lucky breaks'. His client Toots just happens to know who is going after Bert and Kam/Orleans, and Mack can just 'cash in' his favor and just like that everything is fine and dandy, case closed???? A few coincidences are fine, but this was just too many to remain believable.
There were a lot of characters and at times it was somewhat hard to keep track of who was who and what role they played in this whole thing. The ending was pretty stupid.. ofc Mack is going to run when he's got 5.6 mil. The 'double crossing' of Brushy saying she could get him to return the money, but then she'd throw him to the wolves to get arrested, just seemed like unnecessary drama thrown in. Ain't no way she wouldn't have run away with him to live a cozy, laid back island life; especially when its portrayed like she's the one who has feelings for him and he doesn't reciprocate.

I think this is only my second book of Turow's I've ever read, but sprinkling in random 'big' words wherever just comes across as trying too hard.. especially when you've got a cop we constantly refer to as Pigeyes and Mack makes some really dumb decisions sometimes so it seems highly unlikely he'd use those terms when dictating his story.

Audio 2 stars. I have read 3 books in this series in the past and they have been unspectacular, but solid. This one was not. A mid level attorney is missing and is presumed to have stolen $5m. Main character hunts him down, finds gambling and fixing games are involved, so he steals the money for the attorney and leaves the country, leaving his kid and a budding relationship behind. Very disappointed in the ending, although the entire book was blasé.

The eloquent and engaging writing of Scott Turow never disappoints me. Pleading Guilty is a real page turner.

Scott Turow continues to prove with each of his novels why he is my favorite fiction author of this age. I enjoyed all the multi-layered and colorful characters in Pleading Guilty as I always enjoy the characters he creates. Most of them are deeply flawed and very interesting; they easily resemble the everyday people you know and work with. I love the way he weaves them around each other and around the plot.

I was wonderfully surprised with the main character - Mack Malloy. Mack is probably the most human character he has created. Once you think you have him figured out, you find out you didn't. I never say him making some of the choices he did. Believe me I fully enjoyed the adventure he took from page 1 to the end.

If you are a John Grisham fan, you will equally enjoy Scott Turow. Pleading Guilty is not Turow's best work, but it is still a very enjoyable read.

I just read this book for the second time. I was always remembered the narrator with questionable morals, and wanted a refresher on how this feat is achieved. Upon the reread, however, I noticed a lot that I didn't remember from the nineties, such as the foretelling of corporate omnipotence, and the completely inaccurate conclusions Mack comes to during his investigation. Wonderful book.

Turow writes beautifully. His characters are complex and believable. His plot lines are fascinating and he leaves no red herrings to annoy the reader.