Innocent by Scott Turow

Innocent - Rusty Sabich was tried 20 years ago for the murder of his mistress, (Presumed Innocent.)  He was acquitted and now is the chief appellate judge for Kindle County.  His wife is suffering from bipolar disorder and his son is grown and a licensed lawyer.  Rusty falls again to passion with a clerk who has recently left his employ. After he ends the affair, Rusty campaigns to be elected to the state supreme court.  In the middle of the campaign, his wife dies in her sleep.  The prosecutor’s office has doubts as to whether her death is natural and begins investigating Rusty.

The tone of the book is very melancholy and moves very slowly for the 1^st half.  I continued to read because I wanted to know what happened.  The 2^nd half of the book, although still melancholy, moves very fast and I couldn’t put the book down until I was finished.  Also, it really is necessary to have read Presumed Innocent to understand many of the story’s references.