The Last Trial - Couverture rigide

Turow, Scott

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1538748134 ISBN 13 : 9781538748138

Editeur : Grand Central Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Scott Turow is the author of many bestselling works of fiction, including Testimony, Identical, Innocent, Presumed Innocent, and The Burden of Proof, and two nonfiction books, including One L, about his experience as a law student. 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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Grand Central Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1538748134
• ISBN 13: 9781538748138
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 464
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible