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 . . . <i>The Burden of Proof </i>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

'Scott Turow is master of the legal thriller' – The GuardianFull 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
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The classic legal thriller from the master of the genre
'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' Observer One afternoon in late March, Sandy Stern, a brilliant, quixotic defence lawyer, returns home to find his wife Clara dead in the garage. They have been married for thirty-one years. Her suicide note leaves him just four words - 'Can you forgive me?' But on the 6th March Clara had expected to live . . . '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' Mail on Sunday 'Turow is worthy to be ranked with Dashiell Hammett or Raymond Chandler' New York Times
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The classic legal thriller from the master of the genre

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781447245063
Publisert
2014-05-22
Utgiver
Vendor
Pan Books
Vekt
416 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
37 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
400

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

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.