The Last Trial
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3.8 • 64 Ratings
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
From the #1 bestselling author of Presumed Innocent, two formidable men collide in this heartpounding thriller about a celebrated criminal defense lawyer and the prosecution of his lifelong friend—a doctor accused of murder.
"A brilliant courtroom chess match." —David Baldacci, #1 bestselling author of A Calamity of Souls
"The king of legal thrillers." —Wall Street Journal
At eighty-five years old, Alejandro "Sandy" Stern, a brilliant defense lawyer with his health failing but spirit intact, is on the brink of retirement. But when his old friend Dr. Kiril Pafko, a former Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, is faced with charges of insider trading, fraud, and murder, his entire life's work is put in jeopardy, and Stern decides to take on one last trial.
In a case that will be the defining coda to both men's accomplished lives, Stern probes beneath the surface of his friend's dazzling veneer as a distinguished cancer researcher. As the trial progresses, he will question everything he thought he knew about his friend. Despite Pafko's many failings, is he innocent of the terrible charges laid against him? How far will Stern go to save his friend, and—no matter the trial's outcome—will he ever know the truth?
Stern's duty to defend his client and his belief in the power of the judicial system both face a final, terrible test in the courtroom, where the evidence and reality are sometimes worlds apart.
Full of the deep insights into the spaces where the fragility of human nature and the justice system collide, Scott Turow's The Last Trial is a masterful legal thriller that unfolds in page-turning suspense—and questions how we measure a life.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
We first met urbane defense attorney Sandy Stern in Scott Turow’s first bestseller, 1987’s Presumed Innocent—and he’s shown up regularly in the author’s legal thrillers ever since. Now 85, Sandy might not be in top form physically, but his mind is as sharp as ever. It’s a good thing, too, because his friend Dr. Kiril Pafko, who’s been spearheading a revolutionary new cancer treatment, has been confronted with damning evidence linking him to fraud and even murder. Sandy’s experience tells him there’s something fishy about the accusations, but could his judgment be clouded by friendship—or by the fact that he’s taking this new wonder drug himself? As the twists kept piling up, we couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. The Last Trial is a thrilling read that explores the dark things people will do when the pressures of loyalty and success become too much to bear.
Customer Reviews
Slow
A bit too much like a one year soap opera that ran for fifteen.
A Lot of Meh.
Slow