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The Confession

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The Confession

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John Grisham delivers his most extraordinary legal thriller yet.

Holiday gift giving will be a breeze this fall when John Grisham's latest legal thriller lands on the shelves. 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.


From the Hardcover edition.

John Grisham delivers his most extraordinary legal thriller yet.

Holiday gift giving will be a breeze this fall when John Grisham's latest legal thriller lands on the shelves. 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.


From the Hardcover edition.

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    Chapter 1

    The custodian at St. Mark's had just scraped three inches of snow off the sidewalks when the man with the cane appeared. The sun was up, but the winds were howling; the temperature was stuck at the freezing mark. The man wore only a pair of thin dungarees, a summer shirt, well-worn hiking boots, and a light Windbreaker that stood little chance against the chill. But he did not appear to be uncomfortable, nor was he in a hurry. He was on foot, walking with a limp and a slight tilt to his left, the side aided by the cane. He shuffled along the sidewalk near the chapel and stopped at a side door with the word "Office" painted in dark red. He did not knock and the door was not locked. He stepped inside just as another gust of wind hit him in the back.

    The room was a reception area with the cluttered, dusty look one would expect to find in an old church. In the center was a desk with a nameplate that announced the presence of Charlotte Junger, who sat not far behind her name. She said with a smile, "Good morning."

    "Good morning," the man said. A pause. "It's very cold out there."

    "It is indeed," she said as she quickly sized him up. The obvious problem was that he had no coat and nothing on his hands or head.

    "I assume you're Ms. Junger," he said, staring at her name.

    "No, Ms. Junger is out today. The flu. I'm Dana Schroeder, the minister's wife, just filling in. What can we do for you?"

    There was one empty chair and the man looked hopefully at it. "May I?"

    "Of course," she said. He carefully sat down, as if all movements needed forethought.

    "Is the minister in?" he asked as he looked at a large, closed door off to the left.

    "Yes, but he's in a meeting. What can we do for you?" She was petite, with a nice chest, tight sweater. He couldn't see anything below the waist, under the desk. He had always preferred the smaller ones. Cute face, big blue eyes, high cheekbones, a wholesome pretty girl, the perfect little minister's wife.

    It had been so long since he'd touched a woman.

    "I need to see Reverend Schroeder," he said as he folded his hands together prayerfully. "I was in church yesterday, listened to his sermon, and, well, I need some guidance."

    "He's very busy today," she said with a smile. Really nice teeth.

    "I'm in a rather urgent situation," he said.

    Dana had been married to Keith Schroeder long enough to know that no one had ever been sent away from his office, appointment or not. Besides, it was a frigid Monday morning and Keith wasn't really that busy. A few phone calls, one consultation with a young couple in the process of retreating from a wedding, under way at that very moment, then the usual visits to the hospitals. She fussed around the desk, found the simple questionnaire she was looking for, and said, "Okay, I'll take some basic information and we'll see what can be done." Her pen was ready.

    "Thank you," he said, bowing slightly.

    "Name?"

    "Travis Boyette." He instinctively spelled his last name for her. "Date of birth, October 10, 1963. Place, Joplin, Missouri. Age, forty-four. Single, divorced, no children. No address. No place of employ­ment. No prospects."

    Dana absorbed this as her pen frantically searched for the proper blanks to be filled. His response created far more questions than her lit­tle form was designed to accommodate. "Okay, about the address," she said, still writing. "Where are you staying these days?"

    "These days I'm the property of the Kansas Department of Correc­tions. I'm assigned to a halfway house on...

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  • AudioFile Magazine Grisham's latest legal thriller involves a lawyer and a preacher who are seeking evidence to exonerate a man on death row for a grisly murder. As the clock ticks, Travis Boyette suddenly appears, making everyone question who the real killer is. Scott Sowers differentiates the main characters--from the deliberate Boyette to the troubled prisoner. Sowers gives a believable Texas twang to many of the characters, including the frustrated defense lawyer and his cadre of opponents. He uses his clearest voice for the Reverend, who finds himself caught in an ethical quandary. This is Grisham at his best, winding a lawyerly tale about personal ethics, criminal justice, and religious values, and the narration is equally well crafted. M.B. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
  • Washington Post

    "The Confession is the kind of grab-a-reader-by-the-shoulders suspense story that demands to be inhaled as quickly as possible. But it's also a superb work of social criticism in the literary troublemaker tradition of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle....Brilliant"

  • USA Today "Grisham is the master of the legal thriller."
  • Time magazine "The secrets of Grisham's success are no secret at all. There are two of them: his pacing, which ranges from fast to breakneck, and his Theme--little guy takes on big conspiracy with the little guy getting the win in the end."
  • Los Angeles Times "The law, by its nature, creates drama, and a new Grisham promises us an inside look at the dirty machineries of process and power, with plenty of entertainment"
  • Entertainment Weekly "With every new book I appreciate John Grisham a little more, for his feisty critiques of the legal system, his compassion for the underdog, and his willingness to strike out in new directions."
  • The New York Times Book Review
    "John Grisham is about as good a storyteller as we've got in the United States these days."
  • Philadelphia Inquirer "Grisham is a marvelous storyteller who works readers the way a good trial lawyer works a jury."
  • Chicago Sun-Times
    "A mighty narrative talent and an unerring eye for hot-button issues."
  • USA Today "A legal literary legend."
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