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The Last Trial

By: Scott Turow
Narrated by: Robert G. Slade
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Summary

From the bestselling author of Presumed Innocent, Scott Turow’s The Last Trial recounts the final case of Kindle County’s most revered courtroom advocate, Sandy Stern.

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.

 Crime Thrillers International Mystery & Crime Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense
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Critic Reviews

The master is back and in The Last Trial Scott Turow takes it to another level . . . A writer with few peers (David Baldacci, Number One Bestselling Author)
The Last Trial is Scott Turow at his best and most ambitious. He has elevated the genre once again
Turow follows the courtroom proceedings so closely that at times the novel almost feels like being on jury duty, though few trials could be this interesting in real life. The novel’s greatest strength, however, is its poignant depiction of the emotional toll of the case, as Stern is forced to reconsider the nature of his friendship, his legacy and his mortality.
Grisham might do it more often, but Turow does it so much better
In this meticulously devised courtroom drama, rich with character detail, Turow again demonstrates what he does best: roll out a complex, keenly observed legal case yet save a boatload of surprises for its ending. And make it personal
Nobody writes courtroom drama the way he does
Turow is worthy to be ranked with Dashiell Hammett or Raymond Chandler
Pioneered the modern legal thriller
Turow blows even Grisham out of the water
A leading practitioner of the legal thriller
The thrill of any good Turow novel is that heart-stopping instant when you realize you've been piecing together the wrong puzzle
Turow keeps the suspense ratcheted up
This is a guy who knows what he's doing
Scott Turow has consistently out-Grishamed
A consummate storyteller
Turow will keep you guessing until the very, very end
Turow does legal thrillers better than anyone else
All stars
Most relevant
False foreign accent was annoying. Some wholly irrelevant characters. Slow moving to display the author's technical knowledge without adding to the story.

Boring story told by 3rd. rate actor

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