• The Confession

  • A Novel
  • By: John Grisham
  • Narrated by: Scott Sowers
  • Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (7,295 ratings)

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The Confession

By: John Grisham
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
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Publisher's summary

An innocent man is about to be executed.

Only a guilty man can save him.

For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn’t understand how the police and prosecutors got the wrong man, and he certainly doesn’t care. He just can’t believe his good luck. Time passes and he realizes that the mistake will not be corrected: the authorities believe in their case and are determined to get a conviction. He may even watch the trial of the person wrongly accused of his crime. He is relieved when the verdict is guilty. He laughs when the police and prosecutors congratulate themselves. He is content to allow an innocent person to go to prison, to serve hard time, even to be executed.

Travis Boyette is such a man. In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, he 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?

"John Grisham is about as good a storyteller as we’ve got in the United States these days." ( The New York Times Book Review)
©2010 Belfry Holdings, Inc (P)2010 Random House Audio

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Typical Grisham

I really enjoyed this book. Typical Grisham. Clearly anti capital punishment espousal woven into the story telling, that aside, still a good read. I recommend it.

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All I can say is awesome book ! I was very moved by this book.

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Extraordinary ❤️

Not many books have made me cry…this one brought me to tears even though I knew Donte Drumm was not a real person. Lots of truth to what could happen and surely has happened over and over.

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typical Grisham

A fun, quick read. Typical Grisham. A good book to exercise with, doesn't matter if you miss parts. The character, Travis, is not very believable.

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This audiobook is Just Ok

The performance is the best part of this audiobook. The story is typical blacks hate whites, then they all come together at the end. How many times are they going to tell this story?

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Great story and narration. More please!!

Loved it - what more can I say? Great narration of an even better story! We’ll done.

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Another Grisham masterpiece

I loved it just as I have all his legal thrillers. Listen to this one.

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Great Audio Book & Story

Loved this story and reading! I’m a fan of John Grisham and while not a top 10 of his works, it is still a fantastically written story that will draw you and all your emotions in for an incredible ride.

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Masterpiece!

This was an amazing story. Grisham is a talented storyteller, giving thought provoking words.

I really enjoy listening to this narrator. He always does a great job. He has a pleasant voice that brings you into the story, helping the characters come alive!

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Beautifully written, beautifully sad

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, moreso than most of the other Grisham novels I've read or listened to.

A sad story that pulls at the heartstrings and makes you despise the US Justice System for its rife ineptitudes and miscarriages of Justice.

I've never cried so much reading a Legal Drama.

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