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“No one on the
contemporary scene writes better mystery-suspense novels than Scott Turow.”
— Los Angeles Times Book Review
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“You won’t easily
forget the soul-destroying atmosphere of the first prison visit…You’ll recall
the intensity of the love scenes…You’ll remember the strange parallels between
the characters’ lives, and the way the discovery of those parallels causes
these people to act with more or less empathy toward their fellow human beings.
And you’ll carry all these feelings away with you for days or maybe even weeks
after you’ve [finished]—which is not, I think, something that could be said of
the normal courtroom thriller.”
— New York Times Book Review
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“When Scott Turow
writes about a milieu, he knows whereof he speaks. You know he made it up, but
you also know it’s real.”
— Chicago Tribune
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“Turow brings a
literary sensibility to a grit-and-gravel genre: if he calls to mind any comparison,
it’s to John le Carré.
His novels are shaped by [a] studied bleakness, an introspect’s embrace of the
gray-zone ambiguities of modern life.”
— Boston Sunday Globe
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“Breathtaking…[Turow’s]
most affecting…Timeless and contemporary…It’s one thing for Turow to have the
talent to construct a complex, compelling plot with the twists and turns of
successful suspense fiction. Reversible
Errors can stand on its own as a smart, believable courtroom thriller. It’s
another for him to bring a literary novelist’s sense of how the heart works and
what it wants.”
— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (a Best Book of 2002)
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“Gripping…Turow’s
characters are multilayered individuals, portrayed with insight and care.”
— Philadelphia Inquirer
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“The thinking man’s
John Grisham regularly turns out polished yet compelling legal thrillers…A
wonderful stylist, literate and fluid, and his characters are always
believable, frequently memorable. Then, there is the singular pleasure of
immersing yourself in Kindle County and encountering characters from previous
novels…There’s no such thing as a bad Scott Turow novel.”
— Newsday
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“A complex tapestry
of rich characters…Reversible Errors
shows Scott Turow’s growing mastery.”
— San Jose Mercury News
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“It’s nice to know
that old-fashioned courtroom drama about murder can still stir the blood…A
sleek legal romp wrapped in stylish prose, and it makes a good case for Turow’s
primacy in the world of legal thrillers.”
— Denver Post
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“‘The Bard of the
Litigious Age,’ as Time magazine
dubbed him, returns in fine form with Reversible
Errors…The drama is richly textured…The prose displays a high-toned polish…This
one stands above the rest.”
— Baltimore Sun
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“Satisfying…He
creates complex, fully adult characters…goes deep, way below the surface most
writers who focus on the law settle for.”
— San Diego Union-Tribune
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“Captures that rare
balance between accurate legal details and arresting plot development…Skillfully
weaves past and present…But Turow’s real strength lies behind the story, as he
develops the protagonists into real people.”
— Seattle Times
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“Turow keeps Raven
sweating, the prosecutors counterpunching, and the tables turning until the
[end]. Along the way, Turow shows off his insider’s grasp of law and order that
has made bestsellers of his last five novels.”
— People
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“An intriguing
exploration of a hot topic: the death penalty…It’s another showcase for Turow’s
rare trove of writer’s gifts: his vivid dialogue, distinctive voice, command of
the language, intelligence, and insight. A Turow novel is always a joy…A new
Turow novel is an event.”
— Buffalo News
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“A solid success…Well-drawn
characters carry Turow’s latest…A good legal novel that take on both the death
penalty and the nature of love.”
— Providence Journal
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“Turow’s characters
are complex, his story is told with skill and intelligence, and his knowledge
of the law is endlessly revealing. Many other lawyers have written novels since
he led the way with Presumed Innocent
in 1987, but they can’t carry his briefcase…Turow outclasses them all.”
— Arizona Republic
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“Criminally
entertaining…Delivers the goods…Memorable characters…Satisfying complexity…A
compelling story.”
— Orlando Sentinel
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“The world’s
preeminent legal novelist proves once again why his grasp of the moral
dimensions of legal problems sets the gold standard for the genre…A deeply
satisfying novel about deeply human people.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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“Turow’s work once
again extends beyond the genre he helped create.”
— Library Journal