Scott Turow
Scott Turow is an American lawyer and novelist whose debut Presumed Innocent is one of the finest American legal thrillers ever written. His novels are more literary than most in the genre, drawing on his experience as a practicing attorney for their procedural authenticity. He is considered the literary progenitor of the modern American legal thriller.
Works
- Presumed InnocentLegal thriller about a prosecutor wrongly accused of his wife's murder
- Burden of ProofLegal thriller involving a lawyer defending his wife in a complex murder case
- The Laws of Our FathersNovel tracing the history of a friendship and conflict among old college classmates
- Personal InjuriesLegal thriller about a lawyer recruiting informants in a dangerous personal injury scheme
- Reversible ErrorsLegal thriller about evidence of wrongful execution and efforts to prove innocence
- The Burden of ProofLegal thriller involving a lawyer defending his wife in a complex murder case
- Pleading GuiltyLegal thriller about a lawyer investigating corruption and murder at his own firm