His first two bestsellers, Presumed Innocent and The Burden of Proof, were among the most spectacularly acclaimed blockbusters of recent years. Now, with PLEADING GUILTY, Scott Turow has created what may be his most cormpelling character in his most accomplished story to date. Returning to the now-renowned locale of Kindle County, Turow gives us Mack Malloy,ex-cop, not-quite-ex-drunk, and partner-on-the-wane in one of the country's most high-powered law firms. A longtime ally of the wayward, Mack is on the trail of a colleague, his firm's star litigator, who has vanished with more than five million dollars of a client's money...