Personal Injuries

By: Scott Turow

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

To Robbie Feaver the law is all about making a play - to a client, a jury, or a judge. But when the flashy, womanizing, multimillion-dollar personal injury lawyer is caught offering bribes, he's forced to wear a wire. Even as the besieged attorney looks after his ailing wife, Feaver must also make tapes that will hurl his friends, his enemies, his city, and a particular FBI undercover agent into a crisis of conscience and law. Now Robbie Feaver is making the play of his life.

©1999 Scott Turow (P)2014 Hachette Audio

Another great work by Turow

Great story with Excellent narration. Highly recommended. I’ll look for more books read by Mark Bramhall.

Personal injuries

Good story. Too long, gets slow in many places. Could have been edited better. Great story.

Too long...not his best

Although some of the characters are memorable, this Turow is just too long and drawn out, and many of the characters are not easy to remeber, or like. Just not my favorite effort by this author, who normally transfixes me.

if you are a lawyer or a judge, Read This Book!

What made the experience of listening to Personal Injuries the most enjoyable?

First, the story was excellent. It was involved but easy to follow and very enrapturing.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

I was literally on the edge of my seat throughout the book.

What about Mark Bramhall’s performance did you like?

The performance was the best ever heard by this reader. I felt like a very experienced lawyer or judge was actually narrating the book.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

This is not a new book, but I had never read it before. I loved it. The tag line should be "a court system where corruption is so rampant, you can't tell the good guys from the bad!"

Over Kill?

The length of descriptions of how one suffers with ALS were far too long. Although a necessary part of the story, such descriptions seem to be Turow's focus point to the detriment of the story line. A good listen if one is not bothered by such things.

Turow Spins a Great Tale

Public corruption is nasty business but uncovering it can be ugly too. This is a story about how the FBI investigated judicial corruption in fictional Kindle County, told in the first person by Attorney George Mason, who represents Robbie Faever, a cooperating government informant. Robbie is a successful personal injury lawyer, who augmented his legal talents by bribing judges. Under pressure from the government and a tragic domestic situation, Robbie helps the FBI uncover the corruption that plagues the judicial system. FBI agent Even Miller is a paralegal in Faever's law office and much of the plot revolves around her personal struggles and her relationship with Robbie. Mark Bramhall's narration is spot on for both male and female characters. This is a tense legal thriller with plenty of nuance. I recommend this title without reservation.

Do not buy IF..

Do not buy if the “Mystery Thriller” books you listen to must be plot driven and contain action cliff-hangers.

Read this for the characters and their development.

Publishers Weekly says it better than I can.

“Turow has always been more interested in character than plot, and in Robbie Feaver, a lawyer on the make who ends up fighting for his life, he has created his richest and most compelling figure yet.
….for Feaver is a character of almost Shakespearean contradictions. A charming, brash womanizer who nevertheless shows superhuman reserves of love and patience to his dying wife at home, he is always several jumps ahead of the prosecutors, the FBI and the reader, winning sympathy, even admiration, where there should be none.”

Read the Publisher’s summary for the plot.

Captivating storyline!

I honestly lost sleep to continue listening to this book, the writing truly pulls you into the story and you cant wait to see what happens next. I love all of Scott Turow books....excellence!

Riveting

The characters are written with detail and make you feel for the characters- all their triumphs, defeats, strengths and flaws. Great listen

Probably the best book ever!

Reading for second time and it is still the best book ever! Awesome! Thank you audible.