Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presumed Innocent | 1986 | Kindle County | Buy |
| 2 | The Burden of Proof | 1990 | Kindle County | Buy |
| 3 | Pleading Guilty | 1993 | Kindle County | Buy |
| 4 | The Laws Of Our Fathers | 1996 | Kindle County | Buy |
| 5 | Personal Injuries | 1999 | Kindle County | Buy |
| 6 | Reversible Errors | 2002 | Kindle County | Buy |
| 7 | Limitations | 2006 | Kindle County | Buy |
| 8 | Innocent | 2010 | Kindle County | Buy |
| 9 | Identical | 2013 | Kindle County | Buy |
| 10 | Testimony | 2017 | Kindle County | Buy |
| 11 | The Last Trial | 2020 | Kindle County | Buy |
| 12 | Suspect | 2022 | Kindle County | Buy |
| 13 | Presumed Guilty | 2025 | Kindle County | Buy |
The Kindle County Legal Thriller series is set in a fictional Illinois county based on Cook County, Chicago. Beginning with Presumed Innocent in 1986, the series has grown to thirteen novels over nearly four decades. Each book presents a new legal case while drawing on a shared cast of characters who age and change between installments.
The series is known for its realistic depiction of courtroom procedure, prosecutorial politics, and the moral gray areas that lawyers face. Presumed Innocent introduced Rusty Sabich, a prosecutor accused of murdering his colleague, and became one of the defining legal thrillers of the late twentieth century. Later entries like The Burden of Proof, Personal Injuries, and Reversible Errors shift focus to other Kindle County characters while maintaining the same attention to legal detail. The most recent entry, Presumed Guilty (2025), brings Rusty Sabich back for what has been described as the final chapter of his story.