The Burden of Proof
Published on 22. May 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-4472-4506-3 (ISBN)
Description
'Scott Turow is master of the legal thriller' - The Guardian
Full of suspicion and half-truths, The Burden of Proof is Scott Turow's second Kindle County legal thriller. His first Kindle County thriller, Presumed Innocent, is now a major TV series from Apple TV+ starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
One afternoon in late March, Sandy Stern, a brilliant, quixotic defence lawyer, returns home to find his wife Clara dead in the garage. They had been married for thirty-one years.
Her suicide note leaves him just four words: 'Can you forgive me?' But on 6 March, Clara had expected to live . . .
Praise for Scott Turow:
'Head-and-shoulders above others in the legal thriller genre he created' - The Observer
'A brilliant chronicler of contemporary America' - The Sunday Times
'Turow does legal thrillers better than anyone else' - Irish Independent
'Worthy to be ranked with Dashiell Hammet or Raymond Chandler' - The New York Times
'No one writes better mystery suspense novels than Scott Turow' - Los Angeles Times
Full of suspicion and half-truths, The Burden of Proof is Scott Turow's second Kindle County legal thriller. His first Kindle County thriller, Presumed Innocent, is now a major TV series from Apple TV+ starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
One afternoon in late March, Sandy Stern, a brilliant, quixotic defence lawyer, returns home to find his wife Clara dead in the garage. They had been married for thirty-one years.
Her suicide note leaves him just four words: 'Can you forgive me?' But on 6 March, Clara had expected to live . . .
Praise for Scott Turow:
'Head-and-shoulders above others in the legal thriller genre he created' - The Observer
'A brilliant chronicler of contemporary America' - The Sunday Times
'Turow does legal thrillers better than anyone else' - Irish Independent
'Worthy to be ranked with Dashiell Hammet or Raymond Chandler' - The New York Times
'No one writes better mystery suspense novels than Scott Turow' - Los Angeles Times
Reviews / Votes
A delight . . . over 500 pages of suspicion, allegation, detection, false confessions and half-truths . . . tied up so tightly that you're holding your breath in anticipation . . . hugely readable * The Observer * Expert and excellent . . . The Burden of Proof is a new sort of novel - a detective story full of people on the make, on the break or settling for second best: a riveting tale * Evening Standard * A wonderful read from tight start to taut end * The Mail on Sunday *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 45 mm
Weight
439 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4472-4506-3 (9781447245063)
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Person
Scott Turow is a writer and attorney. He is the author of nine bestselling works of fiction, including his first novel, Presumed Innocent and it's sequel, Innocent. Mr Turow has been a partner in the Chicago office of Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal, a national law firm, since 1986, concentrating on criminal defence. He was elected the President of the Authors Guild in 2010.