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Presumed guilty : a novel / Scott Turow.
When Aaron's girlfriend Mae turns up dead, Aaron is arrested and set for trial on charges of first degree murder. It's up to retired judge and Aaron's soon to be step-father, Rusty, to defend him.
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- ISBN: 9781538706367 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 536 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2025.
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| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Legal fiction (Literature) Psychological fiction. Novels. |
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| Cookstown Branch | NEW FIC Turow | 31681010402501 | FICTION | Available | - |
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Turow | 31681010402493 | FICTION | Checked out | 05/14/2025 |
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- Baker & Taylor
"After Rusty Sabich's heated acquittal in the trial for his life, he's restlessly tried to accept his retirement and get his name out of the spotlight. Now, years later, he's found himself living a quiet life in the town of Mirror with a house on the idyllic lake and a new love, Bea. But the peace that's taken him so long to find comes crashing down when Bea's adoptive son, Aaron, who's under Rusty and Bea's supervision while on probation for a possession conviction, goes missing. The court has ordered that Aaron stay in contact with Rusty and Bea, and if he doesn't return soon, he might get sent back to jail. The trouble doesn't end when Aaron eventually turns up. It turns out that he'd been camping with Mae, his childhood sweetheart who has been an endless source of trouble for Aaron. Except Mae didn't return with Aaron. Mae's prosecuting attorney father, Hardy, brings in all of his resources from local police to the FBI to find his daughter. And when Mae is discovered dead, Hardy immediately points the finger at Aaron and the state jumps to trial. Rusty finds himself coming out of retirement to defend his step-son-to-be from a murder charge where the evidence doesn't seem to add up. But regardless of where the truth is pointing, it seems that the oddsare stacked against Aaron. It's going to take all of Rusty's knowledge as a lawyer and judge to show the jury that Aaron isn't a murderer and that if they have any reasonable doubt, they must cast "Not guilty." Aaron's life is on the line and so is the one that Rusty has worked so hard for and all that stands between freedom for both of them is the rage-fueled prejudice against Aaron"-- - Baker & Taylor
Rusty is a retired judge asked by his fiancée, Bea, to defend her adult son Aaron, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend Mae, and Rusty agrees to help but questions whether the system can provide true justice for those who are presumed guilty. - Grand Central Pub
Read Scott Turowâs new âunputdownableâ 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+âs most-watched drama series ever (Kristin Hannah, #1 NYT bestselling author).Â
âNo one does it better.â?David Baldacci, #1 NYT Bestselling Author
âThe truth is, Turow is just better at this than the rest of us.â?Greg Iles, #1 NYT Bestselling Author
âThis is manna for legal-thriller fans."?Booklist, starred review
âThis easily ranks among Turowâs best."?Publishers Weekly, starred review
âAn absorbing and entertaining read.â ?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 thatâs taken Rusty so long to find evaporates when Beaâs young adult son, Aaron, living under their supervision while on probation for drug possession, disappears. If Aaron doesnât return soon, he will be sent back to jail.
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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 hasnât 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.
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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 innocentâitâs whether the system to which he has devoted his life can ever provide true justice for those who are presumed guilty.
