Scott Turow uses the voice of a 33 year old bi sexual woman ("Pinky") to tell the story in Suspect. Pinky is a PI who investigates for an attorney, and she enjoys pulling threads to get at the whole story. I enjoyed the book, but I wish there had been some (normal) courtroom scenes. I want to thank NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for an early copy to review.

This is a very interesting novel, narrated by a quirky investigator, Clarice, known as Pinky. Working in the family law office (readers of Turow will catch up on family members who have appeared before). Pinky and Rick are defending the police chief against a sex abuse case brought by department members….the big switch is that Lucy is female, accused of forcing male officers to have sex with her. The villain who orchestrated this scheme is THE RITZ. There are many twists and turns, but this book will hold the reader’s interest. Most of all, you will love Pinky!

Thank you Netgalley for this very enjoyable, not predictable novel!

I’ve been a big fan of Scott Turow since I read Presumed Innocent back in in the 1980s when I was working in a public library. His stories are generally set in “Kindle County,” and familiar characters recur throughout the books. This time, the PI is Picky, granddaughter of renowned attorney Sandy Stern.

Pinky spent many years floundering professionally (including flunking out of the police academy) and personally, devouring various drugs before finally settling into a fairly respectable job working for Rik, dealing mostly with cases like workman’s comp, DUIs and bar fights. Rik’s shabby office and even shabbier cases are a big downfall from the kind of high-profile criminal matters Pinky became familiar with in Sandy Stern’s law office. Lucia Gomez, the female chief of police in the town of Highland Isle, has been accused of trading sex for promotions by three male officers under her supervision. Lucia is an old friend of Rik’s, so she comes to him for help.

Between the feisty young PI and the successful female police chief, the book is both fun reading and thought-provoking as it looks at issues around gender, policing, and journalism (as the case attracts national attention).

I still love Scott Turow. Five stars.

I definitely liked Pinky and her quirky demeanor in Suspect by Scott Turow. Sometimes the story got bogged down with too much detail, making it a bit laborious to get through the chapters. The storyline was enjoyable and interesting enough to keep me reading, though.

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I have mixed feelings about this one. The story was interesting but way too long. I liked the main character, a PI for a lawyer working to exonerate a female police chef that is accusing of sexual harrasment. This is more a detective story and less of a legal thriller, which is what I was expecting.

This book has some interesting characters and a story line that had a slow start but eventually it picked up and held my interest. Pinky was an off beat character with quite a few quirks. On the whole this is a solid 3*, good enough to keep you interested but not a page turner. Thank you to net galley for an advanced readers copy.

Another fantastic legal thriller/mystery from Scott Turow. I look forward to recommending this to his faithful readers, who will not be disappointed, as well as to readers looking to expand their horizons -- particularly readers of John Grisham and John Sandford.

The book was good, The story was a bit over the top with the sex, language, and details! I enjoyed most of the characters, but had a hard time with the language and sex. I realize some was necessary for the storyline, but descriptions were a bit over the top. I cant really recommend this to my friends, I'd be too embarrassed.

The only other book I have read by the author was his first "Presumed Innocent" which caused me to take a chance on this book. It is obvious to me that he has lost his mojo badly over the past 20 plus years. This is a mind numbing boring read. The characters are annoying and uninteresting and the plot has potential, but not with the characters he chose to use. This was an incredibly difficult book to get through.

I received a free Kindle copy of this book courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher with the understanding that I would post a review on Net Galley, Goodreads, Amazon and my nonfiction book review blog

Not his best, but not bad. Takes a bit for the story to get rolling, but once it does it's a good ride. Pinky is an interesting character, although Turow tries such a tad too hard with her. The movie will probably be better.

I love policing/court stories. This one had a great story and strong main character. I couldn't put it down until I knew what happened. Scott Turow always delivers.

This Kindle County novel has many of the characters from previous Kindle County novels. Author Scott Turow does not disappoint. This iteration focuses on Pinky as she and her lawyer boss Rik work to help the Police Chief who has to face the Police and Fire Commission after a complaint from 3 of her officers that she demanded sex for promotions.
Pinky also has another mystery she wants to solve when a stranger moves into her building and she wants to find out what he all about after he is standoffish and keeps strange hours and she can’t get any information from or about him. She makes it her business to find out.
I have read all of Scott Turow’s books since 1L. I hope their are more in the future.
I want to thank the author, publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to receive an advance copy.

This book continues the Kindle County series. Pinky, our private eye, must find evidence to clear, Lucy,, the chief of police. Rik employs Pinky and offers her advice to try to keep her safe and out of trouble. It doesn't work. Pinky narrates the story and the reader roots for her to succeed and to stay safe. The story brings together the chief's problems and the the mysterious next door neighbor to Pinky. The story begins a bit slowly, but the pace picks up as the novels develops.
Thanks to Net Galley for the arc of this novel.

Scott Turow's latest Kindle County mystery, SUSPECT, is a solid entry from a writer who is much better than many of his competitors. Some parts of the books really shine--Pinky's moments of interiority, the humanizing depictions of the Chief and some of the bad guys, even the complicated reality of Koob's home life, and, of course, the legal procedures, where Turow always comes through. But the book felt uneven; I wanted more from Pinky and Koob (not necessarily more romance, but more development, especially of Pinky, who keeps telling us that she's one way and then, on the page and in her interior monologue, acting and being very different). And certain portions seemed to drag, as if Turow had written them to limp the story to a conclusion.

Suspect, by famous author Scott Turow gets off to a rather lame start. I was beginning to wonder if it really was a Turow novel. But, ultimately the plot takes off and the odd character Pinky shows her stuff. So be patient and you shall be rewarded!
Thanks NetGalley for the ARC.

A “ next in line” of the Kindle County series. Narrated by Clarice “ pinky” Granum, involving a “sextortion” plot against the chief of police. Well written, once again with complex aspects of criminal law. It is really PINKY’s book-her intuition, her skills, and all of her unique characteristics (nose piercing, tattoos from neck to ankle, her bisexuality) make her the most deeply examined character in the book. The eye- opener for me: I knew we were past the simply “ wear a wire” technology, but the array of technology available to law enforcement, and how they employed it-truly surprising. Turow does an excellent job explaining it and its use.

One look at Clarice “Pinky” Granum might cause people to not take her seriously, what with her mohawk, a nail through the nose, and all her tats, but she has great instincts about people and top-rated investigative skills that are needed in Scott Turow’s latest legal thriller, Suspect, coming out September 20.

Pinky is the granddaughter of Sandy Stern, the lawyer Turow introduced in his novels about fictional Kindle County. The suspect could be several different people throughout the course of the book, but the predominant one is Police Chief Lucy Gomez who is accused of trading sex for promotions in the Highland Isle Police Department.

An admirer of the chief, Pinky works for Rik Dudek, the lawyer who is representing Lucy, who insists that these allegations are part of an ugly smear campaign during an election year. Dudek takes on the first two accusers and dispenses with them quickly on the stand. But the third accuser is adamant that the sex-for-rank scandal is real, and he has a photo to prove it.

Pinky goes to work using her contacts and her PI’s Bag of Tricks to help the chief put the allegations to rest while at the same time looking out for herself and Lucy as certain players seem out to get them. It will take Pinky’s super sharp thinking skills to keep herself and others alive as the true motives for the sex scandal smear are revealed.

Lawyer-turned-writer Scott Turow has again turned in a top-notch thriller with Suspect. Movies have been based on several of his Kindle County books including Presumed Innocent, The Burden of Proof, Reversible Errors, and Innocent. Turow is a native of Chicago.

My review will be posted on Goodreads starting June 14, 2022.

I would like to thank Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in return for an objective review.

Love this book. Kept me looking for more. Would highly recommend. Looking forward to reading more from this author!!!!

Tried and true Scott Turow. His characters seem more believable when novels are based in the United States.
Well crafted storyline.

I have mixed feelings about this novel. The narrator, Pinky, is an intriguing character who sees herself aa being socially odd but comfortable with herself and her choices, including enjoying casual sex but avoiding commitment. Her puzzling neighbor is also intriguing though some of the elements didn't add up for me (such as his being Hmong - it's dropped in but doesn't seem to have shaped his character at all. His family relationships are equally contradictory: his wife is completely mad and out of control, but then seems not to be when he goes back to her but he says she is . . . it didn't add up to me.

The main plot concerns a personable and interesting police chief who does things so stupid it seemed another example to me of a character that is in part vividly drawn but also inconsistent. Would a smart and ambitious woman endanger herself the way she did? Well, make a case for it, but I was not convinced.

The pacing was fine up to the final scenes, which to me dragged around the technical aspects of getting the goods on a billionaire bad guy. (Another character inconsistency for me: he sure didn't act like a billionaire, but like a local hood who had a powerful but totally small-town empire.) Then the dramatic confrontation is filtered through our narrator watch it from afar, which diluted the suspense for me. At any rate, I didn't find the last few chapters especially effective. It may have been reader error.

My previous experience reading this author set my expectations high, so I may be being unduly harsh, but I was disappointed.