Scott Turow returns to his most iconic character, Rusty Sabich, in his 2025 novel “Presumed Guilty,” a thoroughly well-constructed legal thriller that is an excellent addition to the series. Though the book starts a little ponderously because the narrator frequently slips into multiple backstories and breaks from a present-tense narrative, “Presumed Guilty” is nonetheless a top-rate novel worth consideration.
This new novel is Turow’s third in the “Rusty” series, following the wildly successful “Presumed Innocent” in 1987 and its sequel, “Innocent,” in 2010. The first book was made into a very popular film starring Harrison Ford in 1990.
