Scott Turow – författare

Tras el éxito de Presunto inocente, Scott Turow regresa con su apasionante secuela. Una mañana Rusty Sabich, sexagenario y presidente del tribunal de apelación del condado de Kindle, descubre el cadáver de su mujer Barbara en la cama que ambos comparten. Sin embargo, espera casi un día entero antes de avisar a la policía y a los servicios de emergencias. Ni siquiera avisa a su hijo Nat. ¿Por qué? Veinte años antes el mismo hombre, entonces ayudante del fiscal del condado, fue procesado por el homicidio de su colega Carolyn Polhemus, y durante la investigación se descubrió que eran amantes. Tommy Molto, fiscal del distrito, se convirtió desde ese instante en su más enconado enemigo. Veinte años después, la rivalidad entre los dos hombres sigue intacta.  Con su característica comprensión de las oscuras verdades de la mente humana y la densa complejidad del sistema de justicia, Scott Turow demuestra una vez más que algunos libros simplemente nos obligan a leer hasta altas horas de la noche, ansiosos por saber quién es culpable o inocente.

From bestselling author Scott Turow''s Ordinary Heroes comes a breathtaking story of courage, betrayal, passion, and the mystery of a father''s hidden warStewart Dubinsky knew his father had served in World War II. And he''d been told how David Dubin (as his father had Americanized the name that Stewart later reclaimed) had rescued Stewart''s mother from the horror of the Balingen concentration camp. But when he discovers, after his father''s death, a packet of wartime letters to a former fiancée, and learns of his father''s court-martial and imprisonment, he is plunged into the mystery of his family''s secret history and driven to uncover the truth about this enigmatic, distant man who''d always refused to talk about his war.As he pieces together his father''s past through military archives, letters, and, finally, notes from a memoir his father wrote while in prison, secretly preserved by the officer who defended him, Stewart starts to assemble a dramatic and baffling chain of events. He learns how Dubin, a JAG lawyer attached to Patton''s Third Army and desperate for combat experience, got more than he bargained for when he was ordered to arrest Robert Martin, a wayward OSS officer who, despite his spectacular bravery with the French Resistance, appeared to be acting on orders other than his commanders''. In pursuit of Martin, Dubin and his sergeant are parachuted into Bastogne just as the Battle of the Bulge reaches its apex. Pressed into the leadership of a desperately depleted rifle company, the men are forced to abandon their quest for Martin and his fiery, maddeningly elusive comrade, Gita, as they fight for their lives through carnage and chaos the likes of which Dubin could never have imagined.In reconstructing the terrible events and agonizing choices his father faced on the battlefield, in the courtroom, and in love, Stewart gains a closer understanding of his past, of his father''s character, and of the brutal nature of war itself.

A super-charged, exquisitely suspenseful novel about a vicious triple murder and the man condemned to die for itRommy "Squirrel" Gandolph is a Yellow Man, an inmate on death row for a 1991 triple murder in Kindle County. His slow progress toward certain execution is nearing completion when Arthur Raven, a corporate lawyer who is Rommy''s reluctant court-appointed representative, receives word that another inmate may have new evidence that will exonerate Gandolph.Arthur''s opponent in the case is Muriel Wynn, Kindle County''s formidable chief deputy prosecuting attorney, who is considering a run for her boss''s job. Muriel and Larry Starczek, the original detective on the case, don''t want to see Rommy escape a fate they long ago determined he deserved, for a host of reasons. Further complicating the situation is the fact that Gillian Sullivan, the judge who originally found Rommy guilty, is only recently out of prison herself, having served time for taking bribes. Scott Turow''s Reversible Errors compelling, multi-dimensional characters take the reader into Kindle County''s parallel yet intersecting worlds of police and small-time crooks, airline executives and sophisticated scammers--and lawyers of all stripes. No other writer offers such a convincing true-to-life picture of how the law and life interact, or such a profound understanding of what is at stake--personally, professionally, and morally--when the state holds the power to end a man''s life.

One L, Scott Turow''s journal of his first year at law school and a best-seller when it was first published in 1977, has gone on to become a virtual bible for prospective law students. Not only does it introduce with remarkable clarity the ideas and issues that are the stuff of legal education; it brings alive the anxiety and competiveness--with others and, even more, with oneself--that set the tone in this crucible of character building. Each September, a new crop of students enter Harvard Law School to begin an intense, often grueling, sometimes harrowing year of introduction to the law. Turow''s group of One Ls are fresh, bright, ambitious, and more than a little daunting. Even more impressive are the faculty. Will the One Ls survive? Will they excel? Will they make the Law Review, the outward and visible sign of success in this ultra-conservative microcosm? With remarkable insight into both his fellows and himself, Turow leads us through the ups and downs, the small triumphs and tragedies of the year, in an absorbing and thought-provoking narrative that teaches the reader not only about law school and the law but about the human beings who make them what they are.In the new afterword for this edition of One L, the author looks back on law school from the perspective of ten years'' work as a lawyer and offers some suggestions for reforming legal education.

In The Burden of Proof, Scott Turow probes the fascinating and complex character of Alejandro Stern as he tries to uncover the truth about his wife''s life.Late one spring afternoon, Alejandro Stern, the brilliant defense lawyer from Presumed Innocent, comes home from a business trip to find that Clara, his wife of thirty years, has committed suicide.

Scott Turow''s Pleading Guilty takes us back to Kindle County, where skies are generally gray and the truth is seldom simple, in an edge-of-the-chair story rife with indelible characters and riveting suspense. The star litigator from a top-notch law firm has gone missing, along with 5.6 million dollars from a class-action settlement, and "Mack" Malloy, a foul-mouthed ex-cop and partner-on-the-wane must find both. Immediately.

From bestselling author Scott Turow comes Personal Injuries, a gripping, suspenseful, deeply satisfying novel about corruption, deceit, and love.Robbie Feaver (pronounced "favor") is a charismatic personal injury lawyer with a high profile practice, a way with the ladies, and a beautiful wife (whom he loves), who is dying of an irreversible illness. He also has a secret bank account where he occasionally deposits funds that make their way into the pockets of the judges who decide Robbie''s cases.Robbie is caught by the Feds, and, in exchange for leniency, agrees to "wear a wire" as he continues to try to fix decisions. The FBI agent assigned to supervise him goes by the alias of Evon Miller. She is lonely, uncomfortable in her skin, and impervious to Robbie''s charms. And she carries secrets of her own.As the law tightens its net, Robbie''s and Evon''s stories converge thrillingly. Scott Turow takes us into, the world of greed and human failing he has made immortal in Presumed Innocent, The Burden of Proof, Pleading Guilty, and The Laws of Our Fathers, all published by FSG. He also shows us enduring love and quiet, unexpected heroism. Personal Injuries is Turow''s most reverberant, most moving novel-a powerful drama of individuals trying to escape their characters.

A drive-by shooting of an aging white woman at a gang-plagued Kindle County housing project sets in motion Scott Turow''s intensely absorbing novel, The Laws of our Fathers. With its riveting suspense and indelibly drawn characters, this novel shows why Turow is not only the master of the modern legal thriller but also one of America''s most engaging and satisfying novelists.