Presumed guilty french drama

Scott Turow is the author of ten bestselling works of fiction including IDENTICAL INNOCENT PRESUMED INNOCENT and THE BURDEN OF PROOF and two nonfiction books including ONE L about his experience as a law student His books have been translated into than forty languages sold than thirty million copies worldwide and have been adapted into movies and television projects He has frequently contributed essays and op ed pieces to publications such as the New York Times Washington Post Vanity Fair The New Yorker and The Atlantic New from the author of Presumed Innocent the 1 bestseller that redefined the legal thriller and is the basis for Apple TV s most watched drama series ever Rusty is a retired judge attempting a third act in life with a loving soon to be wife Bea with whom he shares both a restful home on an idyllic lake in the rural Midwest and a plaintive hope that this marriage will be his best and his last But the peace that s taken Rusty so long to find evaporates when Bea s young adult son Aaron living under their supervision while on probation for drug possession disappears If Aaron doesn t return soon he will be sent back to jail Aaron eventually turns up with a vague story about a camping trip with his troubled girlfriend Mae that ended in a fight and a long hitchhike home Days later when she still hasn t returned suspicion falls on Aaron and when Mae is subsequently discovered dead Aaron is arrested and set for trial on charges of first degree murder Faced with few choices and even fewer hopes Bea begs Rusty to return to court one last time to defend her son and to save their last best hope for happiness For Rusty the question is not whether to defend Aaron or whether the boy is in fact innocent it s whether the system to which he has devoted his life can ever provide true justice for those who are presumed guilty Presumed Guilty Presumed Innocent Book 3