Scott Turow's compelling, multidimensional characters take the reader into Kindle County's parallel yet intersecting worlds of police and small-time crooks, airline executives and sophisticated scammers-and lawyers of all stripes. No other writer offers such a convincing, true-to-life picture of how the law and life interact, or such a profound understanding of what is at stake-personally, professionally and morally-when the state holds the power to end a man's life.