Le sénateur Paul Giannis se présente à l'élection municipale de Kindle County au moment où son frère est libéré de vingt années de prison pour le meurtre de son ancienne petite amie. Profitant de cette occasion, le frère de la victime reprend l'enquête concernant cet assassinat, allant de surprise en surprise.

Identique

A gripping masterpiece of dark family rivalries, shadowy politics and hidden secrets, Identical is the stunning thriller from bestselling author Scott Turow. Two families entangled in a long and complex history of love and deceit .

Identical

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

A portrayal of imperfect justice, Personal Injuries is Scott Turow's fifth Kindle County legal thriller. Robbie Feaver is a successful personal injury lawyer, with a burgeoning practice, a way with the ladies and a beautiful wife he loves - who is dying of an incurable illness. He also has a secret bank account where he occasionally deposits funds which make their way into the pockets of judges who decide Robbie's cases. Robbie is apprehended and, in exchange for leniency, agrees to 'wear a wire' as he continues to try to fix decisions. The FBI agent assigned to supervise him goes by the alias of Evon Miller. She is stocky, lonely, uncomfortable in her skin, and impervious to Robbie's charms. And she carries secrets of her own .

Personal Injuries

In Presumed Innocent, 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.

Présumé innocent

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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Le sénateur Paul Gianis se présente comme maire à Kindle County tandis que son frère jumeau, Cass, est libéré après avoir purgé une peine de vingt-cinq ans de prison pour le meurtre de son ancienne petite amie, Dita Kronon. Lorsque Evon Miller, frère de la victime et responsable de la sécurité pour la société de Hal Kronon et Tim Brodie, détective privé, reprennent l'enquête sur la mort de Dita, ils se retrouvent pris au piège des illusions et confrontés à une vérité sans fard : les gens ne croient que ce qui les arrange. Passion, meurtre et trahison : dans ce superbe roman, Scott Turow, maître incontesté du thriller juridique, revisite avec brio le thème de la gémellité.
Traduit de l'anglais par Antoine Chainas

Candidat à la Cour suprême, le procureur Sabich découvre un matin, à ses côtés, le cadavre de son épouse. Pourquoi reste-t-il vingt-quatre heures à son chevet sans donner l'alerte ? Commence alors un bras de fer judiciaire entre Rusty Sabich et son vieil ennemi Tommy Molto, qui, partagé entre les erreurs du passé et sa propre ambition, hésite à l'inculper.

Innocent toujours

A drive-by shooting of an aging white woman at a gang-plagued Kindle County housing project sets in motion Scott Turow's intensely absorbing novel. With its riveting suspense and idelibly drawn characters, The Laws of our Fathers shows why Turow is not only the master of the modern legal thriller but also one of America's most engaging and satisfying novelists.

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