The innocent

In "Beyond Suspicion," one of Scott Turow's best crime thrillers, prosecutors Rusty Sabich and Tommy Molto face off in a murder trial involving a complex interplay of emotions and suspicions. In "The Innocent," the highly anticipated sequel to this gripping story, Rusty, now a respected presiding judge, is once again accused of murdering a woman close to him. This time, the victim is his wife, Barbara, who died of apparent natural causes. But the situation changes completely when Tommy, his former adversary, and Deputy District Attorney Jim Brand discover that Rusty remained with his dead wife for nearly 24 hours without telling anyone, not even his own son, what had happened. This would have given him enough time to conceal potential evidence. Tommy, still frustrated over his failure to convict Rusty in the case over twenty years ago, is initially hesitant to bring him to trial again. But as new incriminating evidence is uncovered, he believes the moment has finally arrived when he can prove Rusty guilty - only this time for two murders. Thus begins a trial that is classic Turow - a courtroom portrayed in the most tense and explosive way. With his characteristic insights into both the dark truths of the human psyche and the complexities of the criminal justice system, Turow once again proves his genius for creating suspenseful stories that leave readers turning the pages compulsively to finally find out "who did it?"