Their relationship is the heart of the tale. Wearing a wire to trap others, he is supervised by FBI agent Evon Miller (who will re-appear in “Identical”). lawyer with a penchant for bribing judges gets nabbed.
As is frequent in Turow’s novels, secrets of the past emerge in explosive ways. (1996) Judge Sonia Klonsky, from “The Burden of Proof” narrates a complex tale involving a murder trial. (1993) Money and a star litigator go missing from a law firm, and it’s up to an ex-cop turned lawyer to find them…and trouble. (1990) Sandy Stern, the defense lawyer in “Presumed Innocent,” suffers a tragedy when his wife commits suicide and thus begins a journey of self-discovery and another foray into the criminal justice system.
Prosecutor Rusty Sabich goes on trial for the murder of his colleague…and mistress. (1987) My favorite legal thriller of all time. (1977) Basically a journal of Turow’s first year at Harvard Law, it is still in print and required reading for anyone contemplating the rigors (and mortis) of law school. According to Wikipedia, “Turow works pro bono in most of his cases, including a 1995 case where he won the release of Alejandro Hernandez, who had spent 11 years on death row for a murder he did not commit.” He is also president of the prestigious Author’s Guild and still practices law part-time. He graduated with high honors from Amherst, studied and taught writing at Stanford and graduated with honors from Harvard Law School. Today, let’s take a look at the books of Scott Turow, starting with his law school memoir and concluding with his current bestselling “Identical.”įirst, a bit of Turow’s background. We examined Grisham’s blockbuster “Sycamore Row” in a prior blog.
The two heavyweights of legal thrillers, John Grisham and Scott Turow, have new novels out at the same time. Scott Turow and Paul Levine in Los Angeles…
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