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Grisham's recent slump continues with another subpar effort whose plot and characters, none of whom are painted in shades of gray, aren't able to support an earnest protest against the death penalty. In 2007, almost on the eve of the execution of Dontรฉ Drumm, an African-American college football star, for the 1998 murder of a white cheerleader whose body was never found, Travis Boyette, a creepy multiple sex offender, confesses that he's guilty of the crime to Kansas minister Keith Schroeder. With Drumm's legal options dwindling fast and with the threat of civil unrest in his Texas hometown if the execution proceeds, Schroeder battles to convince Boyette to go public with the truth--and to persuade the condemned man's attorney that Boyette's story needs to be taken seriously. While the action progresses with a certain grim realism, Schroeder's superficial responses to the issues raised undercut the impact. As with The Appeal, the author's passionate views on serious flaws in the justice system don't translate well into fiction. (Oct.)
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"_The Confession_ย is the kind of grab-a-reader-by-the-shoulders suspense story that demands to be inhaled as quickly as possible. But it's also a superb work of social criticism in the literary troublemaker tradition of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle....Brilliant"--_Washington Post
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"Grisham is the master of the legal thriller."--_USA Today_
NO ONE KEEPS YOU IN SUSPENSE LIKE AMERICAโS FAVORITE STORYTELLER
โThe secrets of Grishamโs success are no secret at all. There are two of them: his pacing, which ranges from fast to breakneck, and his Themeโlittle guy takes on big conspiracy with the little guy getting the win in the end.โ โTime magazine
โThe law, by its nature, creates drama, and a new Grisham promises us an inside look at the dirty machineries of process and power, with plenty of entertainmentโ โ_Los Angeles Times_
โWith every new book I appreciate John Grisham a little more, for his feisty critiques of the legal system, his compassion for the underdog, and his willingness to strike out in new directions.โ โ_Entertainment Weekly _
โJohn Grisham is about as good a storyteller as weโve got in the United States these days.โ โ_The New York Times Book Review_
โGrisham is a marvelous storyteller who works readers the way a good trial lawyer works a jury.โ โ_Philadelphia Inquirer_
ย โA mighty narrative talent and an unerring eye for hot-button issues.โ โ_Chicago Sun-Times_
โA legal literary legend.โ โ_USA Today_
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SUMMARY: An innocent man is about to be executed. Only a guilty man can save him. 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 l
# 1ย *NEW YORK TIMES*ย BESTSELLER BONUS: This edition contains excerpts from John Grisham's *The Litigators* and *Calico Joe.* An innocent man is about to be executed. Only a guilty man can save him. In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, Travis Boyette abducted, raped, and strangled
An innocent man is about to be executed. Only a guilty man can save him. 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 l
### From Publishers Weekly Grisham's recent slump continues with another subpar effort whose plot and characters, none of whom are painted in shades of gray, aren't able to support an earnest protest against the death penalty. In 2007, almost on the eve of the execution of Dontรฉ Drumm, an African-A