From the bestselling author of Presumed Innocent comes Ordinary Heroes, Scott Turow's Second World War story of family and bravery. All parents keep secrets from their children. My father, it seemed, kept more than most .

Ordinary Heroes

One L, Scott Turow's journal of his first year at law school was a bestseller when it was first published in 1977, and has gone on to become a virtual bible for prospective law students. Not only does it introduce with remarkable clarity the ideas and issues that are the stuff of legal education; it brings alive the anxiety and competitiveness - with others and, even more, with oneself - that set the tone in this crucible of character building. Turow's multidimensional delving into his protagonists' psyches and his marvellous gift for suspense prefigure the achievements of his bestselling first novel, Presumed Innocent. Each September, a new crop of students enter Harvard Law School to begin an intense, often gruelling, sometimes harrowing year of introduction to the law. Turow's group of One Ls are fresh, bright, ambitious, and more than a little daunting. Even more impressive are the faculty: Perini, the dazzling, combative professor of contracts, who presents himself as the students' antagonist in their struggle to master his subject; Zechman, the reserved professor of torts who seems so indecisive the students fear he cannot teach; and Nicky Morris, a young, appealing man who stressed the humanistic aspects of law. Will the One Ls survive? Will they excel? Will they make the Law Review, the outward and visible sign of success in this ultra-conservative microcosm? With remarkable insight into both his fellows and himself, Turow leads us through the ups and downs, the small triumphs and tragedies of the year, in an absorbing and thought-provoking narrative that teaches the reader not only about law school and the law but about the human beings who make them what they are.

One L - The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

A suspenseful death row drama, Reversible Errors is Scott Turow's sixth Kindle County legal thriller. Rommy "Squirrel" Gandolph is an inmate on death row for a 1991 triple murder. His slow progress toward execution is nearing completion when Arthur Raven, a corporate lawyer and Rommy's reluctant representative, receives word of new evidence that will exonerate Gandolph. Arthur's opponent is the formidable prosecuting attorney Muriel Wynn. Together with Larry Starczek, the original detective on the case, she is determined to see Rommy's fate sealed. Meanwhile the judge who originally found him guilty is just out of prison herself. Scott Turow's compelling, multi-dimensional characters take the reader into Kindle County's parallel yet intersecting worlds of weary police, small-time crooks and ambitious lawyers. No other writer offers such a convincing picture of how the law and life interact - or such a profound understanding of what is at stake when the state holds the power to end a man's life.

Reversible Errors

Qui a tué Carolyn, une talentueuse avocate aussi belle que sans scrupules, retrouvée ligotée dans son luxueux appartement ? Viol suivi de meurtre ou crime prémédité ? L'enquête menée en pleine campagne électorale par l'adjoint du procureur Rusty Sabich n'avance pas. Et quand on découvre que cet homme secret et complexe a été l'amant de Carolyn, il fait aussitôt figure de coupable idéal... Un classique du suspense vendu à plusieurs millions d'exemplaires dans le monde, qui a installé d'emblée Scott Turow comme un maître du genre.

Présumé innocent

Presume innocent

Résumé venant d'une autre édition.Horgan, procureur du comté de Kindle, est en campagne électorale pour le renouvellement de son mandat. Une de ses collaboratrices est retrouvée morte. Qui a assassiné cette belle et attirante jeune femme ? C'est ce que Rusty Sabich, premier adjoint de Horgan, est chargé de découvrir rapidement afin que ce meurtre n'ait aucune incidence sur la réélection de son patron. Mais coup de théâtre, Horgan perd son poste et à peine élu, le nouveau procureur accuse Rusty du meurtre. Ancien amant de la victime, plusieurs preuves l'accablent. L'un des mérites de ce livre, outre son suspense, est de dépeindre des personnages en demi-teinte, souvent cyniques et ambigus. Ancien avocat lui-même, Scott Turow utilise son expérience pour rendre vivantes et réalistes des séances de tribunal où chaque partie use d'effets de manches pour déstabiliser l'adversaire, à la grande joie des amateurs. Ce best-seller est sans nul doute à l'origine du renouveau du thriller judiciaire aux États-Unis. --Claude Mesplède

Présumé Innocent

Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis). Titre de l'édition originale: Ordinary Heroes.

Le silence des héros

Life would seem to have gone well for George Mason. His days as a criminal defence lawyer are long behind him. Yet, when a disturbing rape case is brought before him, the judge begins to question the very nature of the law and his role within it. What is troubling George Mason so deeply? Is it his wife's recent diagnosis? Or the strange emails?

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