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 For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn't understand how the police and prosecutors got the wrong man, and he certainly doesn't care. He just can't believe his good luck. Time passes and he realizes that the mistake will not be corrected: the authorities believe in their case and are determined to get a conviction. He may even watch the trial of the person wrongly accused of his crime. He is relieved when the verdict is guilty. He laughs when the police and prosecutors congratulate themselves. He is content to allow an innocent person to go to prison, to serve hard time, even to be executed.

Travis Boyette is such a man. In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, he abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched in amazement as police and prosecutors arrested and convicted Donté Drumm, a local football star, and marched him off to death row.

Now nine years have passed. Travis has just been paroled in Kansas for a different crime; Donté is four days away from his execution. Travis suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. For the first time in his miserable life, he decides to do what's right and confess.

But how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges, and politicians that they're about to execute an innocent man?

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Enthralled from start to end in a great read by the master of legal drama.

Grisham at his best.

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OK having not had the opportunity to read or listen to Grisham for a little while , this book definitely brought me back into the fold. Whether you are anti or pro life with the death row philosophy /belief in some parts of the globe, the novel involves you in the emotional roller coaster of the argument for and against those personally facing it. It challenges in a gentle way the futility of the system whilst maintaining an interesting and worthwhile story. Not for everyone but it involved those social and political issues for which Grisham well known, I enjoyed this very much.

Attention all Grisham Fans

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Love to read John Grisham, so was a little concerned about an audio book. There was absolutely no need, the story as always was great and the narrator was fantastic, I even forgot he as ALL the characters.

My only concern now, is will the other narrators of John Grisham be as good???

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it is definitely on top of the best ones I have read so far. intriguing, gripping and thoroughly enjoyable.

an absolutey cracking book.

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This had me hooked right from the start. Grisham at his best, keeps you hanging on till the end. Thought provoking and questioning the ethics behind the politics involved in the American Judicial System. Echoes of A Time to Kill.

Classic Grisham

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