Presumption of Innocence

Name: Presumption of Innocence
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Stephen Penner
ISBN: 9781515973119

Author: Stephen Penner

Series: David Brunelle Legal Thriller #1

Narrator: Paul Costanzo

Unabridged: 5 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/16/2016

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

Homicide prosecutor David Brunelle faces the most difficult case of his career. An innocent young girl is murdered in a heinous, unforgivable way. The only evidence against the killer is the full confession of his accomplice—another young girl he also victimized. But the accomplice is charged with the murder as well, which means that she has the right to remain silent. And she's so scared of the killer, she refuses to take a deal to testify against him. Brunelle can't just let the murderer walk, but how can he get a conviction when he has no admissible evidence and the killer is protected by the presumption of innocence?

About Stephen Penner

Stephen Penner is an author, attorney, and adjunct law professor from Seattle, Washington. He writes a broad variety of fiction, including thrillers, science fiction, and mysteries. His works include the paranormal mystery Scottish Rite, the science fiction thriller Mars Station Alpha, and The Godling Club, a young adult adventure. He is also the author and illustrator of the critically acclaimed children's book series Professor Barrister's Dinosaur Mysteries.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Eric_W

The elements I look for in a legal thriller/novel are competent descriptions of courtroom scenes, an unusual legal tactic/strategy/issue, a moral conundrum, and believable, if not likeable, characters. This book has several of the aforementioned and kept the pages turning as ADA David Brunelle tries......more

Goodreads review by babyhippoface

I guess I have been spoiled by John Grisham. I just finished Grisham's newest, Sycamore Row. I enjoyed it as much as I did his earliest books that I like best. I wanted another in the same style, but I've read all Grisham's courtoom dramas. So I went looking for other books similar in style. But I h......more

Goodreads review by Lynda

I REALLY enjoyed this and but for the really slapdash mistakes throughout it would easily merit 5 stars. What a bloody shame. It's a really good story with some terrific characters, especially Dave himself and Faust, a girl who tends bar he interviews. This has to be the best first page of a book I'v......more

Goodreads review by Megan

Just ok- maybe it needed to be a little longer and in depth. I just didn’t feel like I read a full novel.......more

Goodreads review by Suzie

this book was better than I expected... when I first started reading it I thought it would be boring, you know the killer right away, but it actually moved along well... there really wasn't too much suspense and it wasn't much of a thriller, but it was an easy read & the characters were likable, fun......more