The Confession

A Novel

De: John Grisham

Narrado por: Scott Sowers

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

Cofession

I really enjoyed the audiobook. It kept my attention better than the actual book would have. I liked how the narrator used accents when reading the the charcters parts.

I was suckered in by the first chapter.

Grisham is a wonderful story teller. He reveals both sides of the experience very well.

Best Grisham Book in a While

Couldn't wait each day to get back to the book. Loved it. Great read .

Riveting and Well-Researched

I am so impressed with the telling of this story. The author has incredible understanding of the Texas Criminal Justice system, local and state government. Bravo, Mr. Grisham.

The Confession

If you like this author, you shouldn't miss this one for sure. He isn't my favorite, but it was still good.

Awesome!

This book was great. It kept me interested from start to finish. I couldn"t figure out how it was going to end. The narrater really did a wonderful job. He made the individual characters stand out from each other, which I haven"t experienced, as of yet.

Great book!!

I read several reviews before reading this book. There were many negative ones I recall. As i started i half expected to not be impressed but rather enjoyed from start to finish to my surprise. In hindsight I understand now that it is likely most reviewers of this books simply like or dislike based on their standing of capital punishment. So if you are one of those “kill em all and let God sort it out” people, well then this book will probably not be for you. However if you stand on the very realistic side of the possibility of innocent people being convicted and executed this is one for you!!! Killing is killing whether people, the State or Governments do it. Hopefully someday this country can stop this insanity.
I give this one two thumbs up.

Pleasant Surprise

I am a Grisham fan, but heard mixed reviews about this book. I found it to be a very powerful story and very engaging from start to finish. I had a hard time putting it down with anticipation of what would come next, but more impressed with the powerful message from so many viewpoints. I am not very religious, find myself reconsidering my position.

Great Story and great performance

Wonderful voice actor on this and really enjoyed original story.Try it out you won’t be disappointed.

The best Grisham in years.

Excellent work - - great characters and a real message - - whether you believe in the cause or not. Very well written and the reader is pitch perfect.