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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 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?

An electrifying new legal thriller from John Grisham. Filled with the intriguing twists and turns that have become Grisham's trademark, this newest novel will prove once again that no one keeps readers in suspense like America's favorite storyteller.

Als Harvard-Absolvent David Zinc Partner bei einer der angesehensten Grokanzleien Chicagos wird, scheint seiner Karriere nichts mehr im Weg zu stehen. Doch der Job erweist sich als die Holle. Funf Jahre spater zieht David die Reileine und kundigt. Stattdessen heuert er bei Finley & Figg an, einer auf Verkehrsunfalle spezialisierten Vorstadt-Kanzlei, deren chaotische Partner zunachst nicht wissen, was sie mit ihm anfangen sollen. Bis die Kanzlei ihren ersten groen Fall an Land zieht. Der Prozess konnte Millionen einspielen - die Feuertaufe fur David.

Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father, Warren, a pitcher for the New York Mets, clash with his childhood hero, the Cubs' golden-boy Joe Castle, in a contest from which no winners emerged. Now the news that his father is dying brings the memory of that day flooding back. Deciding that it's time to face up to what really happened on that baseball field in 1973, father and son make their way to Calico Rock, Arkansas, where either redemption or rejection awaits them.

Un hombre inocente va a ser ejecutado... Solo un hombre culpable puede salvarlo. Un thriller judicial trepidante del maestro del genero. Travis Boyette es un asesino. En 1998, en una pequeña ciudad de Texas, rapto, violo y estrangulo a una de las chicas mas guapas y mas populares del instituto. Enterro el cadaver en un lugar donde nadie lo encontraria nunca y luego espero. Observo impasible mientras la policia detenia a Donte Drumm, la estrella del equipo de futbol que nada habia tenido que ver con el crimen. Donte fue acusado, declarado culpable y condenado a muerte. Ahora han transcurrido nueve años y solo faltan cuatro dias para la ejecucion de Donte. En Kansas, a mas de seiscientos kilometros de la carcel, Travis tambien se enfrenta a su destino: un tumor cerebral que le deja muy poco tiempo de vida. Decide hacer lo correcto por primera vez: va a confesar. Pero ¿sera capaz un hombre culpable de convencer a los abogados, los jueces y los politicos de que estan a punto de ejecutar a un hombre inocente? Reseñas:"Un thriller contrarreloj."ABC Cultural "Nadie lo hace mejor que Grisham."The Daily Telegraph

For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesnt understand how the police and prosecutors got the wrong man, and he certainly doesnt care. He just cant 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.