Book Review

Suspect: ‘Butt-tightening’ thrills aplenty in Turow’s latest crime caper

The bestselling US author’s new yarn features a tight cast of characters who thrive on rapid-fire dialogue with next to no exposition

Scott Turow: the plot of his latest crime caper clips along steadily with a sprint to the finish line. Picture: Getty

Can you be an honest spy? Yes, according to Suspect, Scott Turow’s pacey new legal thriller. And also, no, according to Suspect, Scott Turow’s pacey new legal thriller.

The cat inside this particular Schrödinger’s box is private investigator Clarice ‘Pinky’ Granum, a 33-year-old flunked-out police cadet with a nail through her nose and “outrageous ink” on her arms. She came to her job a long-winded way, having been “a three-sport athlete in high school, a ...