The Confession: A Novel
- Synopsis
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBONUS: 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 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?
- Copyright:
- 2010
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780385534130
- Related ISBNs:
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9780345534552
- Publisher:
- Random House Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 04/20/17
- Copyrighted By:
- Belfry Holdings, Inc.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
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English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
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Literature and Fiction,
Mystery and Thrillers,
Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
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- Bookshare Staff
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