Presumed Innocent

Presumed Innocent

1987 • 423 pages

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Average rating4.3

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author and hailed as the most suspenseful and compelling novel in decades, this story brings to life our worst nightmare: that of an ordinary citizen facing conviction for the most terrible of all crimes.

Rusty Sabich, family man and the number-two prosecutor of Kindle County, is handed an explosive case–the brutal murder of a woman who happens to be his former lover. A shocking turn of events suddenly transforms him from the accuser into the accused… and plunges him into a nightmare world where nothing seems real and no one can be PRESUMED INNOCENT.

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 trial–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. And it will hold you and haunt you…long after you have reached its shattering conclusion.

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9 primary books

Kindle County Legal Thriller

Kindle County Legal Thriller is a 9-book series with 9 primary works first released in 1987 with contributions by Scott Turow.

Presumed Innocent
The Burden of Proof
Pleading Guilty
The Laws Of Our Fathers
Personal Injuries
Reversible Errors
Innocent
The Last Trial
Suspect

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Couldn't get past casual misogyny/homophobia in the first chapter.

January 25, 2021

Excellent story inside the legal system. Going to read the sequel for sure.

November 1, 2012

Well above average. This is a lawyer story, not a cops-n-robbers tale. Somehow I missed that detail. Despite that, this is a really good yarn. The writing was top shelf.

March 29, 2018