The Burden of Proof is a ‘legal thriller’. The story is told through the eyes of Sandy Stern, a lawyer, and concerns a case involving members of his family. In The Burden of Proof, the notion of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ is not straightforward. Several members of Sandy’s family are involved in genuinely criminal or immoral activity. John and Kate deliberately set out to steal money from Maison Dixon. Dixon runs a business which engages in illegal acts. Sandy’s son, Peter, who clearly holds Dixon responsible for his mother’s suicide, persuades John to give false testimony against Dixon as a revenge act. Helen, Sandy’s friend and future second wife, jumps into bed with Dixon because she is angry with Sandy without a thought for morality. And yet, apart
