By Scott Turow

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On Sale: Jan 14, 2025
Publisher: Hachette Audio
ISBN-13: 9781668645000

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An addicting courtroom drama from the #1 bestselling author of Presumed Innocent.

“No one does it better.” ―David Baldacci, #1 NYT bestselling author of Memory Man

★ “This is manna for legal-thriller fans.” ―Booklist, starred review

★ “This easily ranks among Turow’s best.”―Publishers Weekly, starred review

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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Presumed Innocent

Scott Turow, a writer and former practicing lawyer, is the author of thirteen bestselling works of fiction, including Presumed Innocent and most recently, Suspect. Mr. Turow has also published two nonfiction books, including One L, about his experience as a law student. His books have been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and have been adapted into movies and television projects. He has frequently contributed essays and op-ed pieces to publications such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, and the Atlantic.

January 6 2025

Excerpt from PRESUMED GUILTY

AARON DOES NOT RETURN September 15–16 Aaron does not return the next day. Bea comes back from school earlier than usual, and surges through the door, more upbeat than she’s been in days.“Where is he?” she asks. When I shake my head, she stops in place. “Did he call?” she asks. “No call,” I say,…

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