The Burden of Proof

Scott Turow

Dec 2009 · Sold by Farrar, Straus and Giroux

About this ebook

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.

Ratings and reviews

The book had me thinking about how much do we really know our family? That is the question that Alejandro "Sandy" Stern has to make after a major tragedy hits his family and a web of lies and deceptions unfolds affecting all and leaving no one untouched. The characters are likeable and they all very human, not entirely good or bad, only faulty as we all are.

A well written, complex, slow burning legal thriller.

About the author

Scott Turow is the author of worldwide bestselling novels including Presumed Innocent, Innocent, Ordinary Heroes, Reversible Errors and Limitations. His works of nonfiction include One L, his journal from his first year at law school, and Ultimate Punishment, which he wrote after serving on the Illinois commission that investigated the administration of the death penalty and influenced Governor George Ryan's unprecedented commutation of the sentences of 164 death row inmates on his last day in office. Ultimate Punishment won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He lives outside Chicago, where he is partner in the firm of SNR Denton (formerly Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal).