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In this explosive legal thriller from New York Times bestselling author Scott Turow two formidable men collide: a celebrated criminal defense lawyer at the end of his career and his lifelong friend a renowned doctor accused of murder.At 85 years old Alejandro Sandy Stern a brilliant defense lawyer with his health failing but spirit intact is on the brink of retiremeIn this explosive legal thriller from New York Times bestselling author Scott Turow two formidable men collide: a celebrated criminal defense lawyer at the end of his career and his lifelong friend a renowned doctor accused of murder.At 85 years old Alejandro Sandy Stern a brilliant defense lawyer with his health failing but spirit intact is on the brink of retirement. But when his old friend Dr. Kiril Pafko a former Nobel Prize winner in Medicine is faced with charges of insider trading fraud and murder his entire life's work is put in jeopardy and Stern decides to take on one last trial.In a case that will provide the defining coda to both men's accomplished lives Stern probes beneath the surface of his friend's dazzling veneer as a distinguished cancer researcher. As the trial progresses Stern will question everything he thought he knew about his friend. Despite Pafko's many failings is he innocent of the terrible charges laid against him? How far will Stern go to save his friend and--no matter the trial's outcome--will he ever know the truth? Stern's duty to defend his client and his belief in the power of the judicial system both face a final terrible test in the courtroom where the evidence and reality are sometimes worlds apart. Full of the deep insights into the spaces where the fragility of human nature and the justice system collide Scott Turow's The Last Trial is a masterful legal thriller that unfolds in page-turning suspense--and questions how we measure a life.(less)