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Search - Presumed Innocent (Kindle County, Bk 1)
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Book Description:
Rusty Sabich, Kindle County's longtime chief deputy prosecutor, has been asked to investigate the murder of one of his colleagues, Carolyn Polhemus. What Horgan, Sabich's boss, doesn't know is that Carolyn and Rusty had been lovers.
As Rusty nears 40, both his marriage and his career seem stalled. His energies focus on his son, and his desperate, unhappy love for Carolyn. The investigation fuels his fantasies, but he makes little progress in finding the killer. When his boss loses his bid for re-election, Rusty suddenly, incredibly, finds himself on trial for Carolyn's murder.
"Scott Turow's novel about a trial lawyer on trial captures the raised adrenaline, the gamesmanship and the sheer emotional impact of life in the courtroom with utter authenticity." --Vincent Bugliosi
As Rusty nears 40, both his marriage and his career seem stalled. His energies focus on his son, and his desperate, unhappy love for Carolyn. The investigation fuels his fantasies, but he makes little progress in finding the killer. When his boss loses his bid for re-election, Rusty suddenly, incredibly, finds himself on trial for Carolyn's murder.
"Scott Turow's novel about a trial lawyer on trial captures the raised adrenaline, the gamesmanship and the sheer emotional impact of life in the courtroom with utter authenticity." --Vincent Bugliosi
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
PRESUMED INNOCENT brings to life our worst nightmare, that of an ordinary citizen facing conviction for the most terrible of all crimes. It's the stunning portrayal of one man's all-too-human, all-consuming fatal attraction for a passionate woman who is not his wife. and the story of how his obsession puts everything he loves and values on trail--including his own life. It's a book that lays bare a shocking world of betrayal and murder, as well as the hidden depths of the human heart. It will hold you and haunt you..longs after you have reached it's shattering conclusion.
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Deirdre L. from BROOKLYN, NY wrote on 4/17/2008...very interesting didn't want to put the book down read the book in one day.
Janis K. (I have been reading courtroom thrillers for more than 35 years and this one is among the best. Scott Turow is a lawyer and talented writer and in his first work of fiction, "Presumed Innocent", he has set the bar very high. Plan to not put this down until you finish it and then read it again to make sure you fully absorb the nuances, character development, and foreshadowing.
Marian C. from PHILADELPHIA, PA wrote on 3/23/2007...Wonderful plot that your mind has to pay attention to!
Peggy B. from MAYNARD, MA wrote on 2/27/2007...This book will grab your attention until the last page!
Mary Pat S. from STERLING, IL wrote on 2/18/2007...Very suspenseful and surprising about an ordinary person facing unordinary situations wrapped in the criminal justice system-page turner.
I think the best of Turow. Such great twists and turns. Un-put-downable!
**** This is great "escapist" fiction - excellent for plane trips, long delays in the airport, being snowbound, etc.
Rochelle A. from METHUEN, MA wrote on 10/2/2006...really good
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