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The ConfessionJohn Grisham

The Confession

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23 editions · 6 languages
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An innocent man is about to be executed. Only a guilty man can save him. 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…

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Editions

23 editions · 6 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2010
    TheConfession by Grisham, John ON Nov-27-2010, Paperback
    Cornerstone · 9781846058981
  • Hardcover · English · 2010
    The Confession - Limited Edition
    Doubleday · 432 pages · 9780385528054
  • Hardcover · English · 2010
    Century · 432 pages · 9781846057151
  • Paperback · English
    William Heinemann Ltd · 9781846057168
  • Other · English · 2013
    Confession
    Penguin Random House · 464 pages · 9780099545798
  • Other · English · 2012
    Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks · 435 pages · 9780345534552
New York Times bestsellerdeath penaltyJudicial errorFictionDeath row inmatesExecutions and executionersFiction, legalFiction, thrillers, general