The Burden of Proof

'Scott Turow is master of the legal thriller' – The Guardian

Full of suspicion and half-truths, The Burden of Proof is Scott Turow's second Kindle County legal thriller. His first Kindle County thriller, Presumed Innocent, is now a major TV series from Apple TV+ starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

One afternoon in late March, Sandy Stern, a brilliant, quixotic defence lawyer, returns home to find his wife Clara dead in the garage. They had been married for thirty-one years.

Her suicide note leaves him just four words: 'Can you forgive me?' But on 6 March, Clara had expected to live . . .

Praise for Scott Turow:

'Head-and-shoulders above others in the legal thriller genre he created' – The Observer

'A brilliant chronicler of contemporary America' – The Sunday Times

'Turow does legal thrillers better than anyone else' – Irish Independent

'Worthy to be ranked with Dashiell Hammet or Raymond Chandler' – The New York Times

'No one writes better mystery suspense novels than Scott Turow' – Los Angeles Times