Burden Of Proof

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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 '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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Pages: 400, Paperback, Pan Books