Edited by Caro1970 at 09-30-2023 16:35
A supercharged, exquisitely suspenseful novel about avicious triple murder and the man condemned to die for it. Rommy"Squirrel" Gandloph is an inmate on death row for a 1991 triplemurder. His slow progress toward execution is nearing completion when ArthurRaven, a corporate lawyer and Rommy's reluctant representative, receives wordof new evidence that will exonerate Gandolph. Arthur's opponent is theformidable prosecuting attorney Muriel Wynn. Together with Larry Starczek, theoriginal detective on the case, she is determined to see Rommy's fate sealed.Meanwhile the judge who originally found him guilty is just out of prisonherself. Scott Turow's compelling, multi-dimensional characters take the readerinto Kindle County's parallel yet intersecting worlds of weary police,small-time crooks and ambitious lawyers. No other writer offers such aconvincing picture of how the law and life interact - or such a profoundunderstanding of what is at stake when the state holds the power to end a man'slife.
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