The Last Trial

De: Scott Turow

Narrado por: John Bedford Lloyd

Two formidable men collide in this "first-class legal thriller" and New York Times best seller about a celebrated criminal defense lawyer and the prosecution of his lifelong friend - a doctor accused of murder (David Baldacci).

At 85 years old, Alejandro "Sandy" Stern, a brilliant defense lawyer with his health failing but spirit intact, is on the brink of retirement. But when his old friend Dr. Kiril Pafko, a former Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, is faced with charges of insider trading, fraud, and murder, his entire life's work is put in jeopardy, and Stern decides to take on one last trial.

In a case that will be the defining coda to both men's accomplished lives, Stern probes beneath the surface of his friend's dazzling veneer as a distinguished cancer researcher. As the trial progresses, he will question everything he thought he knew about his friend. Despite Pafko's many failings, is he innocent of the terrible charges laid against him? How far will Stern go to save his friend, and - no matter the trial's outcome - will he ever know the truth?

Stern's duty to defend his client and his belief in the power of the judicial system both face a final, terrible test in the courtroom, where the evidence and reality are sometimes worlds apart.

Full of the deep insights into the spaces where the fragility of human nature and the justice system collide, Scott Turow's The Last Trial is a masterful legal thriller that unfolds in pause-resisting suspense - and questions how we measure a life.

©2020 Scott Turow (P)2020 Grand Central Publishing

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"Narrator John Bedford Lloyd previously portrayed attorney Alejandro 'Sandy' Stern in Scott Turow's Burden of Proof. This time around, the brilliant defense lawyer is about to defend his last client. Lloyd adds a weariness and a touch of confusion to Stern's voice as he struggles to defend the 75-year old doctor who saved his life with a controversial cancer drug.... Filled with bittersweet reflections on aging and family, this audiobook still manages to pull the rug out from the listener once again." (AudioFile Magazine)

"America's very best creator of legal thrillers." (Chicago Tribune)

"Serious readers should be reading Turow, because he is not just one of our best crime novelists; he is also one of our better novelists...What Turow has done, in book after book, is to give us page turners that are also pleasing literary artifacts, mysteries that are also investigations into complicated social questions and complex human emotions." (New York Times)

"The master of the courtroom drama." (Daniel Silva, number-one New York Times best-selling author)

Excellent story and narration

I really enjoyed this new book by Scott Turow, a terrific writer. Adding to the page-turning story was a really good performance by the narrator. Many times the two don't go together, so it's wonderful when they do. Highly recommend.

Exceptional work of Fiction

Loved it! Scott Turow delved into his characters with such empathy that the reader had no trouble understanding them and even sympathized with each of them. Highly recommended.

I thoroughly enjoyed this selection!

Both the story and the narration were top notch! Scott Turow’s writing style and choice of words are always a winning combination! Adding John Bedford Lloyd’s narration made this a performance I didn’t want to end!

Lots of tangents. Some very slow!

I love legal thrillers and Turow is at the top. We heard all of Sandy Stern’s one hour plus closing but none of the prosecution’s. Disappointing.
As with all Turow’s books, none of the many subplots is left unresolved. Rare but satisfying as so many authors leave these subplots unanswered. Great narration and 3D characters. Sandy Stern will be missed if this was indeed his last trial.

Like losing an old friend

I first met Sandy Stern in 1984 and have followed this series for almost 40 years. We have grown old together and his Last Trial reminds me so much of my own retirement. Thank you, Mr. Turow for such a well written character and series. I will be sad if this is truly the end for my old friend.

Opinion

This story had so many facts in it that if you sneezed you could miss something important. Not an easy book to listen to had to back track multiple times.

Ponderous and uninspired

Despite a good performance by the reader, I found the characters uninteresting and unlike able. Not like other Turow books.

What a book!

Amazing story, great character development and putting together a legal thriller of this quality is real art.

Not what I expected

Haven’t read a Turrow novel in a while and had this one recommended to me by a family member. The story and characters were alright but “nothing to write home about.” When it finished I was ready for it to be done as the story was just fairly flat. Performance was pretty good but occasionally he’d drop the accent of the main character which was a bit noticeable - can’t imagine how they keep those going anyway so certainly not faulting the narrator.

Excellent Read

interesting plot & characters. Good reader.. I would recommend this book. Deals with morality & ethics as well as fam relationships.