Scott Turow\, a writer and former practici ng lawyer\, is the author of thirteen bestselling works of fiction\, inclu ding \;Presumed Innocent \;and most recently\, \;Suspect. He h as also published two nonfiction books\, including \;One L\, about his experience as a law student. His books have been translated into more tha n forty languages\, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide\, and h ave been adapted into movies and television projects\, including Apple TV+ 's \;Presumed Innocent \;series. Scott has frequently contributed essays and op-ed pieces to publications such as the \;New York Times\, \;Washington Post\, \;Vanity Fair\, the \;New Yorker\, and th e \;Atlantic.
\nAbout \;Presumed Guilty: \;Rusty is a re tired 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 r ural Midwest and a plaintive hope that this marriage will be his best\, an d his last. But the peace that&rsquo\;s taken Rusty so long to find evapor ates when Bea&rsquo\;s young adult son\, Aaron\, living under their superv ision while on probation for drug possession\, disappears. If Aaron doesn& rsquo\;t return soon\, he will be sent back to jail. Aaron eventually turn s 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&rsquo\;t returned\, suspicion falls on Aaron\, and when Ma e is subsequently discovered dead\, Aaron is arrested and set for trial on charges of first-degree murder. Faced with few choices and even fewer hop es\, Bea begs Rusty to return to court one last time\, to defend her son a nd 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&mdas h\;it&rsquo\;s whether the system to which he has devoted his life can eve r provide true justice for those who are presumed guilty.
\nAlafair Burke is the Edgar-nominated\, \;New York Times \;best-selling aut hor of fourteen novels of suspense\, including \;The Ex\, \;The Wi fe\, \;The Better Sister\, and \;Find Me\, and coauthor of the bes t-selling \;Under Suspicion \;series. A former prosecutor\, she is now a professor of criminal law. She recently served as president of the Mystery Writers of America and was the first woman of color to be elected to that position. She lives in New York.
\nAbout \;The Note:&nbs p\;A vacation in the Hamptons goes terribly wrong for three friends with a complicated history. \;It was meant to be a harmless prank. \;Gro wing up\, May Hanover was a good girl\, always. Well-behaved\, top of her class\, a compulsive rule-follower. Raised by a first-generation Chinese s ingle mother with high expectations\, May didn&rsquo\;t have room to slip up\, let alone fail. Her friends didn&rsquo\;t call her the Little Sheriff for nothing. \;But even good girls have secrets. And regrets. When it comes to her friendship with Lauren and Kelsey\, she's had her fair share of both. Their bond&mdash\;forged when May was just twelve years old&mdas h\;has withstood a tragic accident\, individual scandals\, heartbreak and loss. Now the three friends have reunited for the first time in years for a few days of sun and fun in the Hamptons. But a chance encounter with a p air of strangers leads to a drunken prank that goes horribly awry. \;& nbsp\;When she finds herself at the center of an urgent police investigati on\, May begins to wonder whether Lauren and Kelsey are keeping secrets fr om her\, testing the limits of her loyalty to lifelong friends. \;What had they gone and done? \;The Note \;is a page-turner of the high est order from one of our greatest contemporary suspense writers. \;\n
Dwyer Murphy is the author of \;The Stolen Coast \;and \;An Honest Living\, both \;New York Times \;Editors' Choice selec tions. His new novel\, \;The House on Buzzards Bay\, will be released in June 2025 from Viking. He is the Editor-in-Chief of CrimeReads and was previously a New York-based litigator.
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