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A 2013 Listing Of My Books When I Joined Goodreads.
I first found Scott Turow with his first book, Presumed Innocent. It later became a huge film hit. As you can see below, Mr. Turow has continued to produce satisfying legal thrillers.

Presumed Innocent (Kindle County Legal Thriller #1)
The Burden of Proof (Kindle County Legal Thriller #2)
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This books is (excessively) (technically) about the mind/thinking of a defense attorney than a prosecutor. A well-written book with a great plot, taking us into a real journey of the character. It’s easy to get engaged with the book and the overall writing since Turow let us feel into the deepest soul of theirs in each particular issue.

I never once found a book taking me to use law to reflect on human (my own) ego.

It is obviously going straight into my recommendation list, especially if you love some twists and inner monologues. He used some law codes I did not even understand, but all is hunky-dory because it’s explained well.

The second in the Kindle County Series after Presumed Innocent, The Burden of Proof is a long slow burn that gets progressively hotter the further into it you get. After the completely unexpected and unexplainable suicide of his wife, Sandy Stern, brilliant attorney hero of Presumed Innocent works to put his life back together and understand why his wife took her life.

Full of secrets and lies, the story is one of how a family evolved and grew apart while maintaining the façade of normalcy. Character driven rather than action driven, this is a very strong and powerful book with interesting, complicated characters. The mysteries are superbly well plotted, with plenty of red herrings and plot twists you don’t see coming, but everything plausible.

My only quibble was the length, which should be about 100 pages shorter. A solid 4 stars.

I keep on trying to decide if this is a high 3 or low 4. When the topic was about commodities trading, as well as near the end - when the entire story was revealed - I was somehow captivated. But when the story reverted to familiar and romantic affairs, the characters really weren't gripping enough for me. I suppose I'm not fully convinced how the crime per se was related to the drama besides the characters involved, such that they could be happening in two different books and I won't notice. And I can't help but compare this to the strength of the back half of book 1, from the reveal all the way to the conclusion; this didn't have that. Anyway, I might mellow to this over time, tip back to 4, but for now, it's a 3 for me. It's still an okay book, all things considered.