Kindle County Legal Thriller #1

Presumed Innocent

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In Presumed Innocent, Rusty Sabich, family man and the number-two prosecutor of Kindle County, is handed an explosive casethe brutal murder of a woman who happens to be his former lover. A shocking turn of events suddenly transforms him from the accuser into the accused and plunges him into a nightmare world where nothing seems real and no one can be presumed innocent.

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April 17,2025
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Excellent narration. Really no troubles there.

So a cheating husband, who is a powerful prosecuting attorney – his mistress ends up dead – mistress thought she was going to sleep her way to the top and out of any situation she got into. Not really a fan of the storyline. There were lots of characters in this and definitely had troubles, keeping which prosecutor or police officer straight throughout the narration.

I listened because I want to watch the show on Apple TV, going to think about that for a bit after listening to the book. Not so sure that I am still interested.

Definitely better reads out there.

The cheating husband and the story going out on a note talking about searching for everlasting Hope through the want and desire of his mistress. That really kind of put it over the top for me.
April 17,2025
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Such a great story, this kept me wondering to the end. I don't think we should step out of our marriage and I guess neither did his wife(in a big way.) Thrilling and exciting are words I would use to describe this book.
April 17,2025
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A solid plot with extraordinary twists. I have read this before and will read it again.
April 17,2025
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Bought this in a charity shop in Canberra eighteen months ago; finally decided to give it a go after seeing it’s been adapted for an AppleTV show. If the show, and Jack Gyllenhaal’s performance, lives up even to half of Rusty’s complex inner psyche, and Turow’s expertly woven, winding and questioning narrative, then it will be a miracle of adaptation. One could argue this is a mystery novel ‘for the lawyers’, but the often confounding American legal lingo is merely a vessel for the cynical and doubtful journey of judicial morality. Don’t let the scant blurb belie the gradual genius of this book.
April 17,2025
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"Αθώος μέχρι αποδείξεως του εναντίου", εκδόσεις Bell.

Επιτέλους πήρα την απόφαση να διαβάσω το πολυδιαβασμένο αυτό θρίλερ, από τη μια γιατί είναι από τα πιο καλά και πλέον κλασικά δικαστικά θρίλερ που κυκλοφορούν εκεί έξω και από την άλλη γιατί κάποια στιγμή θα ήθελα να δω και την ομότιτλη ταινία του Άλαν Τζ. Πάκουλα, που είναι ένας από τους σκηνοθέτες που εκτιμώ πολύ. Και, βέβαια, πολύ απλά γιατί ήθελα να διαβάσω ένα θρίλερ με μυστήριο, νομικά κόλπα και όλα αυτά τα ωραία. Λοιπόν, ναι, πρόκειται για ένα πολύ ενδιαφέρον, καλογραμμένο και εθιστικό δικαστικό θρίλερ, με όλα τα καλούδια του είδους αλλά και της σχολής και της εποχής του, κατάφερε να με κρατήσει από την αρχή μέχρι το τέλος. Γενικά, δεν συγκλονίστηκα κιόλας -κάποια πραγματάκια τα έβλεπα να έρχονται-, αλλά μου άρεσαν κάποιες εκπλήξεις εδώ κι εκεί στην πλοκή, λάτρεψα την όλη ατμόσφαιρα, ενώ σίγουρα μου άρεσε και το στιλ γραφής του Τάροου. Γενικά, είναι ένα αρκετά ποιοτικό, ψυχαγωγικό και εθιστικό θρίλερ που αν μη τι άλλο θα σας κρατήσει καλή συντροφιά για λίγες ώρες.
April 17,2025
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I must admit that I saw the movie first, then read the book. But the book is so much better. I love the fact that Turow is a lawyer writing about the law; he knows his stuff. Even taking that into account, Turow does not weigh the reader down with too much legalese, something that adds to the book's success. This novel was the first that I read of this author: but definitely not my last. 4★
April 17,2025
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البريء المفترض

رواية إثارة قانونية ممتازة، حصلت على الجزء الثاني منها والذي صدر بعد سنوات طويلة بعنوان (البريء) من معرض الرياض الفائت، جريمة قتل بشعة تذهب ضحيتها محامية جميلة ويتهم بالجريمة زميلها وحبيبها السابق، يضعنا سكوت تورو على حافة الترقب، ما الذي حدث؟ هل ارتكب رستي سابيتش الجريمة فعلاً؟ أم هو بريء وهناك مؤامرة ضده، استطاع تورو إبقائي في الظلام حتى الصفحة الأخيرة.
April 17,2025
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Every so often, a new writer comes along to refresh a genre grown stale. Turow brought the mystery/legal thriller back.
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