The Burden of Proof - Softcover

Turow, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446677124 ISBN 13: 9780446677127

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 2000

Synopsis

Turow's acclaimed second novel, which topped international bestseller lists, is now available in trade paperback. Sandy Stern, the brilliant defense attorney from Presumed Innocent, faces an event so emotionally shattering that no part of his life is left untouched. It reveals a family caught in a maelstrom of hidden crimes, shocking secrets, and warring passions.

About this title

Book Description:

The classic legal thriller from the master of the genre

From the Back Cover:

'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

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0446677124
• ISBN 13: 9780446677127
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608