''Scott Turow is master of the legal thriller'' – The Guardian

Full of suspicion and half-truths, The Burden of Proof is Scott Turow's second Kindle County legal thriller. His first Kindle County thriller, Presumed Innocent, is now a major TV series from Apple TV+ starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

One afternoon in late March, Sandy Stern, a brilliant, quixotic defence lawyer, returns home to find his wife Clara dead in the garage. They had been married for thirty-one years.

Her suicide note leaves him just four words: ''Can you forgive me?'' But on 6 March, Clara had expected to live . . .

Praise for Scott Turow:

''Head-and-shoulders above others in the legal thriller genre he created'' – The Observer

''A brilliant chronicler of contemporary America'' – The Sunday Times

''Turow does legal thrillers better than anyone else'' – Irish Independent

''Worthy to be ranked with Dashiell Hammet or Raymond Chandler'' – The New York Times

''No one writes better mystery suspense novels than Scott Turow'' – Los Angeles Times