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Scott Turow

(b.1949)

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 more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and have been adapted into movies and television projects.

Awards: ITW (2014) see all

Genres: Mystery, Literary Fiction

Series

Kindle County
   1. Presumed Innocent (1987)
   2. The Burden of Proof (1990)
   3. Pleading Guilty (1993)
   4. The Laws of Our Fathers (1996)
   5. Personal Injuries (1999)
   6. Reversible Errors (2002)
   7. Limitations (2006)
   8. Innocent (2010)
   9. Identical (2013)
   10. Testimony (2017)
   11. The Last Trial (2020)
   12. Suspect (2022)

Presumed Innocent
   1. Presumed Innocent (1987)
   2. Innocent (2010)
   3. Presumed Guilty (2025)

Novels

Ordinary Heroes (2005)
Fourteen Days (2024) (with others)

Anthologies edited

Guilty as Charged (1996)

Series contributed to

Best American Mystery Stories
The Best American Mystery Stories 2006 (2006) (with Otto Penzler)

Non fiction show

Books containing stories by Scott Turow

California Schemin' (2020)
The 2020 Bouchercon Anthology
(Bouchercon Anthology)
edited by
Art Taylor

Anatomy of Innocence (2017)
Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted
edited by
Laura Caldwell and Leslie S Klinger

The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook (2015)
Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die For
edited by
Kate White

More books

Awards

2014 Thrillermaster

Award nominations

	2010 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (shortlist) : Innocent
	2002 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (nominee) : Reversible Errors
	1988 Macavity Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Presumed Innocent
	1987 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : Presumed Innocent

Scott Turow recommends

Midnight in Memphis (2025)
Thomas Dann
"Midnight in Memphis is the real deal and Thomas Dann is a real find. This is a twisty, well-wrought whodunit set in the Memphis of 60 years ago, driven by savory characters and the enticing, sometimes lurid, mysteries that always seemed to lurk beneath the surface of the old south."

33 Place Brugmann (2025)
Alice Austen
"33 Place Brugmann is an achingly suspenseful historical novel, sad at moments, but always intriguing, with a complex cast of vivid and involving characters. Wonderful reading."

Look Closer (2022)
David Ellis
"A daring, brilliant thriller, full of characters you both love and hate and more unexpected turns than a mountain road at night without your headlights. Tremendous fun!"

While Justice Sleeps (2021)
(Avery Keene, book 1)
Stacey Abrams
"Stacey Abrams is a true novelist, and While Justice Sleeps is a first-class legal thriller, favorably compared to many of the best, starting with The Pelican Brief, which it brings to mind. It’s fast-paced and full of surprises—a terrific read."

At the Edge of the Haight (2021)
Katherine Seligman
"A terrific novel, half murder-mystery, half a tale of growing up. The heroine and her friends are unique in my reading experience—homeless young people living in Golden Gate Park, with their own community and their own rules—and their story is suspenseful and touching throughout."

One Good Deed (2019)
(Aloysius Archer, book 1)
David Baldacci
"Alternately chilling, poignant, and always heart-poundingly suspenseful."

A Nearly Normal Family (2019)
M T Edvardsson
"A canny, intensely suspenseful legal thriller."

Miracle Creek (2019)
Angie Kim
"Miracle Creek grabbed me hard right from the start. This is a terrific courtroom thriller, a sly whodunit that’s beautifully written and also full of heart."

The Driver (2017)
Hart Hanson
"The Driver is everything a great thriller should be--always smart, often funny, and relentlessly exciting. I loved every page."

The Flinch Factor (2013)
(Rachel Gold, book 8)
Michael A Kahn
"...a clever engrossing legal thriller punctuated by sharp humor and many unexpected developments."

Unintended Consequences (2012)
(Innocent Prisoners Project, book 1)
Marti Green
"An engrossing, well-conceived legal thriller, Most enjoyable."

A Killing in the Hills (2012)
(Bell Elkins, book 1)
Julia Keller
"A gripping, beautifully crafted murder mystery."

Bringing Adam Home (2011)
Joe Matthews and Les Standiford
"This tale of TV host John Walsh's son Adam and the twenty-seven year search for his killer is truly terrific."

The Sherlockian (2010)
Graham Moore
"A well-written, fast-paced, and completely engaging homage to the legacy of Arthur Conan Doyle."

Spooner (2009)
Pete Dexter
"One of the greatest American writers, a storyteller who cuts straight to the nerve."

Have a Little Faith (2009)
Mitch Albom
"Have a Little Faith is an absolute wonder--tender, transporting, and deeply moving, a profound meditation on kindling the light that struggles in billions of hearts. It is the answer to anyone who believed they'd never again read a book with the soul and grace of Tuesdays with Morrie."

The Eleventh Man (2008)
(Two Medicine Country, book 8)
Ivan Doig
"The Eleventh Man is about loyalty and survival and sacrifice - and love - and remains intensely suspenseful and moving throughout."

Loving Frank (2007)
Nancy Horan
"This graceful, assured first novel tells the remarkable story of the long-lived affair between Frank Lloyd Wright, a passionate and impossible figure, and Mamah Cheney, a married woman whom Wright beguiled and led beyond the restraint of convention. It is engrossing, provocative reading."

The Stolen Heart (2005)
Lauren Kelly (Joyce Carol Oates)
"A writer of formidable talent."

Murder on the Majestic (2005)
Mitchell Graham
"Enjoyable... a fine story, well written...simply top-notch."

Sea of Bones (2004)
(Dan Shaw)
Ron Faust
"A writer of enormous talent, a stylist to admire and a storyteller of great power."

Pariah (1999)
(Kurt Muller, book 3)
Thomas Zigal
"Pariah is Zigal's best book yet. The suspense and wit are unrelenting."

Harmful Intent (1999)
Baine Kerr
"The best novel about a trial I've read since Snow Falling on Cedars."

The Face of Justice (1998)
Bill Blum
"Blum is a welcome addition to the lawyer novelist ranks."

The Judgment (1997)
(Charley Sloan, book 3)
William J Coughlin
"Vintage Coughlin. Sharp, tight, and full of suspense and wisdom."

Red Mercury (1996)
Max Barclay (Ben Sherwood)
"Red Mercury is riveting - and likely to make you think twice about a trip to the Olympics."

A Jury of Her Peers (1996)
Jean Hanff Korelitz
"A smart, stylish legal thriller... wonderful.. full of intrigue."

Total Eclipse (1995)
Liz Rigbey (Elizabeth Rigbey)
"Simply remarkable, as daring and unpredictable as any ending I can recall."

The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin (1931)
(Inspector Maigret, book 10)
Georges Simenon
"Cool and clever... All mystery buffs should celebrate."

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