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Mack Malloy, a former cop turned partner at the high‑profile firm Gage & Griswell, is thrust into a race against time when the firm’s star litigator, Bert Kamin, disappears, along with a $5.6 million fund meant to settle a class‑action against TransNational Airlines. Tasked by the firm’s Oversight Committee, Malloy dives into the city’s underbelly, chasing clues in a Russian bathhouse and confronting old adversaries, including his nemesis, Pigeyes. Amidst the dark, shadowy alleys of Kindle County, he must untangle a web of deceit, corruption, and loss while uncovering the mystery of the missing money and the unseen victim.
First publish date: 1993
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Scott Turow
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