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Scott Turow

    12 de abril de 1949

    Scott Turow ancla sus narrativas en el sistema legal, infundiéndole una dimensión profundamente humana. Su narrativa está hábilmente construida, llena de giros y una complejidad moral que impulsa a los lectores a la contemplar. A través de sus obras, profundiza en intrincadas disyuntivas éticas y las debilidades humanas que acechan bajo el barniz de un sistema aparentemente perfecto. La prosa de Turow es precisa, atrayendo a los lectores a un mundo rebosante de suspenso y dilemas judiciales.

    Scott Turow
    One L. The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School
    Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated
    Identical. Die Erben des Zeus, englische Ausgabe
    Las leyes de nuestros padres
    El peso de la prueba
    Presunto inocente
    • El peso de la prueba

      • 495 páginas
      • 18 horas de lectura

      Presumed Innocent was the fiction debut of the decade--a magnetic work of suspense that earned Turow acclaim for his unparalleled storytelling gifts. Now, in a brilliant follow-up, Scott Turow stakes his claim as an American master, in a mesmerizing novel of law, family and deceit. Alejandro "Sandy" Stern--the brilliant defense lawyer from Presumed Innocent --comes home to discover that his wife of 30 years has committed suicide, leaving behind a web of mystery, money and guilt. While Stern hunts for answers, he is caught up in the threatened Federal prosecution of his most powerful and troublesome client--his own brother-in-law. Now, after a life of success, Sandy Stern is a man in desperate need of many truths--about his family, his uncertain future and the troubled legacy his wife left behind.

      El peso de la prueba
      3,9
    • Las leyes de nuestros padres

      • 603 páginas
      • 22 horas de lectura

      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. With its riveting suspense and idelibly drawn characters, The Laws of our Fathers shows why Turow is not only the master of the modern legal thriller but also one of America's most engaging and satisfying novelists.

      Las leyes de nuestros padres
      3,8
    • IDENTICAL, based loosely on the myth of Castor and Pollux, is the story of identical twins Paul and Cass Giannis and the complex relationships between their family and their former neighbors, the Kronons. The novel focuses principally on events in 2008, when Paul is a candidate for Mayor of Kindle County, and Cass is released from the penitentiary, 25 years after pleading guilty to the murder of his girlfriend, Aphrodite Kronon. The plot centers on the re-investigation of Aphrodite's murder, carried out together by Evon Miller, an ex-FBI agent who is the head of security for the Kronon family business ZP, and private investigator Tim Brodie, 81, a former homicide detective. The complex web of murder, sex, and betrayal-as only Scott Turow could weave-dramatically unfolds, and the chilling truth is revealed: people will believe what they want to believe.

      Identical. Die Erben des Zeus, englische Ausgabe
      4,5
    • Innocent, but imprisoned—troubling stories of wrongful conviction Surviving Justice presents oral histories of thirteen people from all walks of life, who, through a combination of all-too-common factors— overzealous prosecutors, inept defense lawyers, coercive interrogation tactics, eyewitness misidentification—found themselves imprisoned for crimes they did not commit. The stories these exonerated men and women tell are spellbinding, heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring. Among the narrators: Paul Terry, who spent twenty-seven years wrongfully imprisoned, and emerged psychologically devastated and barely able to communicate. Beverly Monroe, an organic chemist who was coerced into falsely confessing to the murder of her lover. Freed after seven years, she faces the daunting task of rebuilding her life from the ground up. Joseph Amrine, who was sentenced to death for murder. Seventeen years later, when DNA evidence exonerated him, Amrine emerged from prison with nothing but the fourteen dollars in his inmate account.

      Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated
      4,1
    • Penguin Readers - 4: The Burden of Proof

      • 64 páginas
      • 3 horas de lectura

      Criminal defense lawyer Alejandro "Sandy" Stern copes with his wife's suicide, his three grown children and a government investigation of his brother-in-law's successful brokerage house.

      Penguin Readers - 4: The Burden of Proof
      1,0
    • The bestselling author of Presumed Innocent and The Last Trial returns with a riveting legal thriller in which a reckless private detective is embroiled in a fraught police scandal.

      Suspect
      3,9
    • Ultimate Punishment

      • 178 páginas
      • 7 horas de lectura

      The book offers a compelling analysis of capital punishment, presenting arguments from both proponents and opponents. Written by a distinguished criminal lawyer and acclaimed novelist, it delves into the moral, legal, and social implications of the death penalty. Through insightful narratives and case studies, the author challenges readers to consider the complexities surrounding justice and human rights, making it a thought-provoking exploration of a contentious issue.

      Ultimate Punishment
      3,9
    • To Robbie Feaver the law is all about making a play-to a client, a jury, or a judge. But when the flashy, womanizing, multimillion-dollar personal injury lawyer is caught offering bribes, he's forced to wear a wire. Even as the besieged attorney looks after his ailing wife, Feaver must also make tapes that will hurl his friends, his enemies, his city, and a particular FBI undercover agent into a crisis of conscience and law. Now Robbie Feaver is making the play of his life.

      Personal injuries
      3,9