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Turow, Scott, 1949-

The last trial / Scott Turow. - London, England : Mantle, 2020. - 452 pages ; 24 cm - Kindle County 1 . - Kindle County ; bk. 11. . - Turow, Scott, 1949- author. Kindle County ; bk. 11. .

Already eighty-five years old, and in precarious health, Sandy Stern has been persuaded to defend an old friend, Kiril Pafko. A former Nobel Prize-winner in Medicine, Pafko, shockingly, has been charged in a federal racketeering indictment with fraud, insider trading and murder. As the trial progresses, Stern will question everything he thought he knew about his friend. Despite Pafko's many failings, is he innocent of the terrible charges laid against him? How far will Stern go to save his friend, and, no matter the trial's outcome, will he ever know the truth? Stern's duty to defend his client and his belief in the power of the judicial system both face a final, terrible test in the courtroom, where the evidence and reality are sometimes worlds apart. Full of the deep insights into the spaces where the fragility of human nature and the justice system collide, Scott Turow's The Last Trial is a masterful legal thriller that unfolds in page-turning suspense and questions how we measure a life.

ISBN: 9781529039092 1529039096 9781529039085 1529039088

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC034581 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019736246 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Kindle County (Imaginary place)--Fiction.
Trials (Murder)--Fiction.
Trials (Fraud)--Fiction.
Nobel Prize winners--Fiction.
Criminal defense lawyers--Fiction.
Nobel Prize winners.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Thrillers (Fiction).
Legal stories.

Dewey Class. No.: 813.6