Book description
When the body of eleven-year-old Thuy Sen is found in San Francisco
Bay, the police swiftly charge Rennell and Payton Price with her grisly
murder. A twelve-person jury, helped along by an incompetent lawyer for
the defense, are quick to find the brothers guilty - and to sentence
them both to die for their cimes.
Twelve years later, Payton is days from his execution, and overworked
pro bono lawyer Teresa Peralta Paget, her husband Chris, and stepson
Carlo, a recent Harvard law graduate, become convinced not only that
Rennell didn’t receive a fair trial, but that he’s innocent. Racing
against the clock and against insurmountable legal obstacles, Teresa,
Chris, and Carlo desperately try and stop the execution of an innocent
man.
'Patterson has the rare gift of enthralling as he informs' Mark Lawson,
The Guardian
Richard North Patterson’s twelve previous novels include eight
consecutive international best-sellers. His novels have won an Edgar
Allan Poe Award and the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere. Formerly a
trial lawyer in Washington and San Francisco, Richard North Patterson is
now a full time writer, and lives with his wife, Laurie, and their
family in San Francisco and on Martha’s Vineyard.
