#1 Bestselling Legal Thriller Author Scott Turow Shares Sequel to “Presumed Innocent”
St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Favorite Author Series and Left Bank Books are pleased to host master legal thriller author Scott Turow for a discussion and signing of “Presumed Guilty,” the long-awaited follow-up to his hit novel “Presumed Innocent.”
The event will take place on Friday, January 17, 7:00 p.m. at the Clark Family Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63131. Books will be available for purchase and signing from Left Bank Books.
Scott Turow’s bestselling novel “Presumed Innocent” redefined the legal thriller and is now the basis for Apple TV+’s most-watched drama series ever.
With “Presumed Guilty,” Turow returns to the story of prosecutor Rusty Sabich more than thirty-five years later.
Rusty is now 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 and a plaintive hope that this marriage will be his best, and his last. But the peace that’s taken Rusty so long to find evaporates when Bea’s young adult son, Aaron, living under their supervision while on probation for drug possession, disappears. If Aaron doesn’t return soon, he will be sent back to jail.
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 hasn’t 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.
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 innocent—it’s whether the system to which he has devoted his life can ever provide true justice for those who are presumed guilty.
Scott Turow, a writer and former practicing lawyer, is the author of 13 bestselling works of fiction, including “Presumed Innocent,” and most recently, “Suspect.” His books have been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and have been adapted into movies and television projects. He has frequently contributed essays and op-ed pieces to publications such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, and the Atlantic.
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