The synopsis (from Amazon): 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?
This was a really enjoyable book. If you plan on listening to it, it was fairly short (9 CDs) and the narrator did a good job. I gave it 4 stars because there were some contrived parts and sometimes John Grisham can get a bit redundant in his lawyer mumbo jumbo. Basically, this was a book delving into the debate of the death penalty. And if you are for the death penalty, by the end of this book, I guarantee, you will either be against it or certainly on the fence. A definite recommendation. Read it.
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