The Laws of our Fathers

Préface
The classic legal thriller from the master of the genre.

Auteur
Scott Turow is a writer and attorney. He is the author of numerous bestselling works of fiction, including his first novel, Presumed Innocent and it's sequel, Innocent. Mr Turow has been a partner in the Chicago office of Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal, a national law firm, since 1986, concentrating on criminal defence. He was elected the President of the Authors Guild in 2010.

Texte du rabat

'Splendid . . . gripping and profound . . . Turow is in a category of his own' San Francisco Chronicle

It was another drive-by shooting in one of Kindle County's most drug-plagued housing projects - but the victim was the ex-wife of a politician. Now this explosive case is about to reunite an unlikely group of men and women who first bonded in the revolutionary fires of the 1960s - and show a once-crusading female judge, driven by both her fears and her courage, just how devastating a single wrong choice can be . . .

'Enthralling' Time

'Absorbing . . . ambitious' Wall Street Journal'Admirable in its ambition and emotional depth' People

Résumé

A gripping portrayal of judicial corruption, The Laws of our Fathers is Scott Turow's fourth Kindle County legal thriller.

It was another drive-by shooting in one of Kindle County's most drug-plagued housing projects but the victim was the ex-wife of a politician. Now this explosive case is about to reunite an unlikely group of men and women who first bonded in the revolutionary fires of the 1960s . . . and show a once-crusading female judge, driven by both her fears and her courage, just how devastating a single wrong choice can be . . .