Turow presents his novel in a typical murder mystery format. Beginning slowly at Carolyn Polhemus's funeral, the story's pace quickens as it reveals the complicated relationships among its characters and then races to its surprising and disturbing conclusion.
Turow's choice to have Rusty narrate this story in the first person has a number of interesting results. First of all, Rusty brings a lawyer's knowledge of the case to his narration and he is able to provide an intriguing insight into the machinations of.....
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