Books by Scott Turow
Scott Turow is the author of legal thriller Presumed Innocent and nine other bestselling works of fiction including, most recently, Testimony. His non-fiction writing includes Ultimate Punishment, a reflection on the death penalty. He continues to work as an attorney and is a partner in the Chicago office of international law firm SNR Denton. His books have been translated into more than 25 languages and sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.
Presumed Guilty
by Scott Turow
☆ Shortlisted for the 2026 Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Presumed Guilty is Scott Turow's second follow-up to his 1986 bestselling legal thriller, Presumed Innocent (subsequently turned into the brilliant 1990 movie with Harrison Ford, Bonnie Bedelia and Greta Scacchi). In Presumed Guilty, Rusty Sabich, the main protagonist, is in his late 70s after an illustrious career as a prosecutor and a judge. He has also found love again. Unfortunately, his stepson-to-be gets arrested for murder after the death of his girlfriend. Presumed Guilty is a long book (500+ pages) and gets really into the weeds of both Rusty's life and the ins and outs of criminal procedure.
Interviews with Scott Turow
The Best Legal Novels, recommended by Scott Turow
Great novels about the law have always been an inspiration to lawyers, bringing home the problems of the law, the human mess that it tries unsuccessfully to make sense of, and the gulf that can exist between the law and justice. Scott Turow, the bestselling author of Presumed Innocent, talks to us about his own favourite legal novels, from a classic set on aboard a Royal Navy ship during the Napoleonic wars to a murder trial in the Pacific Northwest after World War II.
