Showing results for title "Innocent", by author "Scott Turow" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Rusty Sabich, family man and the number-two prosecutor of Kindle County, is handed an explosive case--the 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.

The sequel to the genre-defining, landmark best seller Presumed Innocent, Innocent continues the story of Rusty Sabich and Tommy Molto who are, once again, 20 years later, pitted against each other in a riveting psychological match after the mysterious death of Rusty's wife.

Presumed Innocent brings to life our worst nightmare: that of an ordinary citizen facing conviction for the most terrible of all crimes. It's the stunning portrayal of one man's all-too-human, all-consuming fatal attraction for a passionate woman who is not his wife, and the story of how his obsession puts everything he loves and values on trial - including his own life. It's an audiobook that lays bare a shocking world of betrayal and murder, as well as the hidden depths of the human heart. It will hold you and haunt you...long after you have reached its shattering conclusion.

¿Quién mató a Carolyn Polhemus? La enérgica, fascinante, sensual y ambiciosa ayudante del fiscal general, Raymond Horgan, ha sido violada y asesinada casi al final de la campaña de su jefe por la reelección. Horgan necesita que el crimen sea esclarecido lo antes posible y para conseguirlo confía las investigaciones del caso a Rusty Sabich, un reputado miembro de su oficina.

Twenty years ago, Tommy Molto charged his colleague Rusty Sabich with the murder of a former lover; when a shocking turn of events transformed Prosecutor Rusty from the accuser into the accused. Rusty was cleared, but the seismic trial left both men reeling. Molto’s name was dragged through the mud and while Rusty regained his career, he lost much more.

Rusty Sabich, sessant'anni appena compiuti, presidente della Corte d'Appello della Kindle County e in corsa per un posto alla Corte Suprema statale, è accusato di omicidio. Una mattina, al risveglio, trova la moglie Barbara morta nel letto accanto a lui. Aspetta però quasi un giorno prima di chiamare la polizia e i soccorsi, e non avverte nemmeno suo figlio Nat. Perché? Vuole forse cancellare tracce compromettenti?

Rusty Sabich, viceprocuratore capo della Contea di Kindle, viene incaricato di svolgere le indagini sullo stupro e l'omicidio di una sua collega, Carolyn Polhemus, una donna energica, affascinante e sensuale, ma anche ambiziosa e di pochi scrupoli. La sua morte è fonte di grave imbarazzo per il procuratore distrettuale Raymond Horgan che, dovendo affrontare le imminenti elezioni per il rinnovo della carica, affida le indagini a Rusty nella speranza che una rapida soluzione del caso salvi la sua vacillante situazione politica.