Life would seem to have gone well for George Mason. At fifty-nine, George Mason has sat as a judge on the Court of Appeals in Kindle County for nearly a decade. Yet, when a disturbing rape case is brought before him, he begins to question the very nature of the law and his role within it. What is troubling George Mason so deeply?

Presents twenty of 2006's stand-out short mystery stories by bestselling authors and newcomers alike. This collection includes stories by: James Lee Burke, Jeffery Deaver, Andrew Klavan, Elmore Leonard, Ed McBain, Laura Lippman, Walter Mosely, and Joyce Carol Oates.

Life would seem to have gone well for George Mason. His days as a criminal defence lawyer are long behind him. Yet, when a disturbing rape case is brought before him, the judge begins to question the very nature of the law and his role within it. What is troubling George Mason so deeply? Is it his wife's recent diagnosis? Or the strange emails?

Rusty Sabich is a prosecuting lawyer in Chicago who enters a nightmare world when a colleague with whom he has been having an affair is found raped and strangled - and he is accused of the crime.

Omnibus edition of Turow's two novels. The first, Presumed Innocent , is a court room drama where the investigator into a murder becomes the accused. The second, The Burden of Proof , follows the figure of Sandy Stern as his world is thrown into crisis when his wife commits suicide.

As a young, idealistic lawyer during the last terrible months of the Second World War, David Dubin was sent to the European Front - ostensibly to bring charges against a brave American hero, Robert Martin. But as Dubin learns more about Martin and the demons possessing him, he finds himself falling in love with Martin's enigmatic ex-mistress.

Offers an account of how the author's views on the death penalty have evolved. This book describes his experiences with capital punishment from his days as an impassioned young prosecutor to his service on the Illinois commission which investigated the administration of the death penalty.

Rommy Squirrel Gandolph is an inmate on death row for a triple murder. His slow progress towards exectution is nearing completion when Arthur Raven, a corporate lawyer and Rommy's reluctant representative, receives word of new evidence that will exonerate Gandolph.

This mystery starts with the murder of an attractive woman during heated local elections. A chief deputy prosecuting attorney is charged with solving the murder, and then finds himself accused of it. Other work by the author includes The Burden of Proof and Pleading Guilty .

The sequel to Presumed Innocent , in which the same main character appears. Alejandro Sandy Stern, the most celebrated defence lawyer in the mid western city where he lives, comes home from a business trip to find that Clara, his wife of 30 years, has committed suicide.