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Book 29 (of 52) – Presumed Guilty

Presumed Guilty – Scott Turow

When his fiancé’s son is charged with murdering his girlfriend, Rusty Sabich once again finds himself at the defense table, hoping to save his stepson (to be) without destroying his relationship with his mother.  As the trial goes on, the evidence seems to support acquittal, but does it also point to a killer even closer to home?

In Presumed Guilty, Scott Turow returns once again to the character of Rusty Sabich, star of 1997’s Presumed Innocent and 2010’s Innocent.  With less of a focus on the cases Sabich faced in the past, I had a better reaction to this entry.  I have a feeling this is the end of the road for these characters, and this was a satisfying sendoff.

 

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Book 50 (of 52) – Innocent

Innocent – Scott Turow

Twenty years ago, Rusty Sabich was acquitted of murdering a woman with which he was having an affair.  Now, when his wife dies under somewhat mysterious circumstances, Sabich, who has become the chief appellate judge and is running for the state Supreme Court, again faces trial, facing the same PA who went after him all those years before.  Can he beat a second murder rap?

Scott Turow introduced the characters of Rusty Sabich, Sandy Stern, and company back in 1987, when his first novel, Presumed Innocent, was published.  In Innocent, the sequel, Turow revisits the same characters in his eighth novel, released in 2010.  While it has been quite a while since I read the first one, this still felt like a retread.  Even if I didn’t recall the events of the first case, the characters did, which made the journey not as satisfying.  I’m sure the next one will pick back up again.