Turow, Scott

Probation officer Nile Eddgar is accused of arranging the drive-by shooting that killed his mother, and the case stirs up a lot of old, best forgotten secrets when it is brought before Judge Sonny Klonsky, who spent her turbulent college years in the company of Nile's father, a leading campus revolutionary in the 1960s.

McCormack Malloy, a fiftyish ex-cop and partner at Gage & Griswell, is sent to find a missing lawyer and the 5.6 million dollars that disappeared from a company fund.

Successful personal injury lawyer Robbie Feaver, caught trying to influence the decisions of the court, is granted leniency by the FBI in exchange for his help in a sting operation against judges.

The county's chief deputy prosecutor is asked to investigate the rape and murder of one of his colleagues, a former lover.

The author recounts his experiences as a first-year student at Harvard Law School.

While presiding over a rape case, Judge George Mason questions his professional abilities and the law itself.