Presumed Guilty - Scott Turow

Presumed Guilty

By Scott Turow

  • Release Date: 2025-01-14
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
4.5 Score: 4.5 (From 663 Ratings)

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Book Synopsis

Read Scott Turow’s new “unputdownable” courtroom drama from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Presumed Innocent, the phenomenon that redefined the legal thriller and is the basis for Apple TV+’s most-watched drama series ever (Kristin Hannah, #1 NYT bestselling author). 

“No one does it better.”―David Baldacci, #1 NYT Bestselling Author
“The truth is, Turow is just better at this than the rest of us.”―Greg Iles, #1 NYT Bestselling Author
“This is manna for legal-thriller fans."―Booklist, starred review
“This easily ranks among Turow’s best."―Publishers Weekly, starred review
“An absorbing and entertaining read.” ―Kirkus

Rusty is a retired judge attempting a third act in life with a loving soon-to-be wife, Bea, with whom he shares both a restful home on an idyllic lake in the rural Midwest and a plaintive hope that this marriage will be his best, and his last. But the peace that’s taken Rusty so long to find evaporates when Bea’s young adult son, Aaron, living under their supervision while on probation for drug possession, disappears. If Aaron doesn’t return soon, he will be sent back to jail.
 
Aaron eventually turns up with a vague story about a camping trip with his troubled girlfriend, Mae, that ended in a fight and a long hitchhike home. Days later, when she still hasn’t returned, suspicion falls on Aaron, and when Mae is subsequently discovered dead, Aaron is arrested and set for trial on charges of first-degree murder.
 
Faced with few choices and even fewer hopes, Bea begs Rusty to return to court one last time, to defend her son and to save their last best hope for happiness. For Rusty, the question is not whether to defend Aaron, or whether the boy is in fact innocent—it’s whether the system to which he has devoted his life can ever provide true justice for those who are presumed guilty.

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Latest Impressions

  • Virtue Signaling, Novel Edition

    2
    By BDSwank
    If you can get past the constant bombardment of racism and sociodemographic stereotyping in the author’s “style”, I suspect this is a great read. However, there comes a point where it becomes nauseating and I find myself rolling my eyes, mostly because while the author most likely thinks he’s taking a morally superior righteous stance, it can easily be perceived that he is the guilty party to such societal taboos. (Shooting one’s seIf in the foot) I get it. This technique is not meant to be a reflection of the author, but merely to drive a point home that he deems relevant to the story, but frequency and lengths to which he carries it is completely unnecessary and unintentionally, I would hope, offensive to certain groups of people he deems oppressed. I don’t appreciate it and found myself thinking, “here we go again. What offensive stereotype is he throwing out now” throughout the book. I would hope that this is an anomaly applicable to this particular book, but I suspect that’s not the case. Had I read a review as such, I probably would have passed on the book.

  • Presumed Guilty

    4
    By Halsterx
    4/5 stars Good finish to the triad of Rusty stories. Enjoyed the read. Hal R - Troy MI

  • Still the best at surprising outcomes

    5
    By MRguy711
    Like Presumed Innocent, this murder and trial story keeps the reader guessing. And it’s so well done. No obvious segways or clumsy details. Really hard to put down once the legal drama unfolds.

  • Gripping

    5
    By Read alot Kelley
    Believable, interesting fallible characters with good and bad in all of them. Excellent court room work predicated on competent and thorough pretrial due diligence. Good finish to the Presumed Innocent circle.

  • A real courtroom thriller

    5
    By G'Dad12
    An intertwined story which leads you to a tense courtroom trial with a surprising ending. Fast moving, this is one of those books you want to keep reading no matter how late the night is….

  • Presumed Guilty

    5
    By se45dfi
    Fascinating, kept me wanting to continue reading late into the night. You know the writer was a former lawyer by the way he meticulously dissects the details of the crime. The writer can occasionally provide too much detail, which slowed the booked down in my mind. So many twists and great development of all the characters in the book. Highly recommended

  • Great story

    5
    By Avoiduntilfixed
    Great story.

  • Presumed Guilty

    5
    By Artymusician
    I enjoyed reading this outstanding book and could not wait to find out what really happened to Mae. As always, the ending was a real treat. The characters are so well developed and interesting, with all our human flaws and imperfections. I could literally feel Bea’s pain, and Rusty’s suspicions- his thoughts tainted by his first wife’s retribution (Presumed Innocent). The author’s book One L still terrifies first year Harvard law school students. His book might have improved conditions for future students.

  • Another heart-stopping legal thriller from the master.

    5
    By Mznx123
    Scott Turow is not only an absolute genius at weaving together the multiple strands of evidence that make up a legal thriller, he has an understanding of the complexity of human emotion and a rare ability to convey it to the reader that makes his characters come alive. The stakes are so high, and the emotional risks so great, that you’ll be on the edge of your seat until the very end.

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