Release Date:- 2025-01-14
Reviews Counts:- 34
User Average Rating:- 4.5
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Kind:- ebook
Read Scott Turowās new āunputdownableā courtroom drama from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Presumed Innocent, the phenomenon that redefined the legal thriller and is the basis for Apple TV+ās most-watched drama series ever (Kristin Hannah, #1 NYT bestselling author).
āNo one does it better.āāDavid Baldacci, #1 NYT Bestselling Author
āThe truth is, Turow is just better at this than the rest of us.āāGreg Iles, #1 NYT Bestselling Author
āThis is manna for legal-thriller fans."āBooklist, starred review
āThis easily ranks among Turowās best."āPublishers Weekly, starred review
āAn absorbing and entertaining read.ā āKirkus
Rusty is a retired judge attempting a third act in life with a loving soon-to-be wife, Bea, with whom he shares both a restful home on an idyllic lake in the rural Midwest and a plaintive hope that this marriage will be his best, and his last. But the peace thatās taken Rusty so long to find evaporates when Beaās young adult son, Aaron, living under their supervision while on probation for drug possession, disappears. If Aaron doesnāt return soon, he will be sent back to jail.
Aaron eventually turns up with a vague story about a camping trip with his troubled girlfriend, Mae, that ended in a fight and a long hitchhike home. Days later, when she still hasnāt returned, suspicion falls on Aaron, and when Mae is subsequently discovered dead, Aaron is arrested and set for trial on charges of first-degree murder.
Faced with few choices and even fewer hopes, Bea begs Rusty to return to court one last time, to defend her son and to save their last best hope for happiness. For Rusty, the question is not whether to defend Aaron, or whether the boy is in fact innocentāitās whether the system to which he has devoted his life can ever provide true justice for those who are presumed guilty.