Presumed Innocent

The novel that launched Turow's career as one of America's pre-eminent thriller writers tells the story of Rusty Sabicch, chief deputy prosecutor in a large Midwestern city. With three weeks to go in his boss' re-election campaign, a member of Rusty's staff is found murdered; he is charged with finding the killer, until his boss loses and, incredibly, Rusty finds himself accused of the murder.

Set in

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  Chicago · United States

  Fictional Kindle County (modelled on Cook County/Chicago, Illinois) where assistant prosecutor Rusty Sabich is accused o
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