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Author
Series
Daniel Pitt novels (Anne Perry) volume 1
Language
English
Description
In the first book of an all-new series, a young lawyer races to save his client from execution, putting him at odds with his own father: Thomas Pitt, head of London’s Special Police Branch.
“[Anne] Perry’s excellent new series launch expertly takes the Pitts into a new century.”—Library Journal (starred review)
1910: Twenty-five-year-old Daniel Pitt is a junior barrister...
“[Anne] Perry’s excellent new series launch expertly takes the Pitts into a new century.”—Library Journal (starred review)
1910: Twenty-five-year-old Daniel Pitt is a junior barrister...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
When Travis Boyette is paroled because of an inoperable brain tumor, for the first time in his life, he decides to do the right thing and tell police about a crime he committed and another man is about to be executed for.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what he's done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Ansel doesn't want to die--he wants to be celebrated, understood. Through a kaleidoscope of women--a mother, a sister, a homicide detective--we learn the story of Ansel's life. As the clock ticks down, these three women sift through the choices that culminate in tragedy, exploring the...
Author
Series
Amos Decker novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
Melvin Mars awaits his fate on Death Row. He was one of America's most promising football stars until, aged twenty-years-old, he was arrested and convicted for the murder of his parents just as he was due to begin a very lucrative contract with the NFL. When Amos Decker, newly appointed special agent with the FBI, hears the news that Melvin was saved in the final seconds before his execution because someone has confessed to the killings, he persuades...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Eliza Benedict's peaceful suburban life is shattered after being contacted by Walter Bowman, the man who kidnapped and held her hostage as a teen in 1985, and who now claims to want forgiveness while on death row. An edgy, utterly gripping tale of psychological manipulation.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Visited by a high-powered attorney who has initiated a clemency petition on her behalf and who is also the mother of her victim, death-row inmate Noa is slowly persuaded to share the events surrounding the murder in spite of her reluctance to reveal the whole story or have her life extended.
7) Blow fly
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 12
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Author
Series
FBI thrillers. Truth series volume 4
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
10) Last words
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Grieving the death of his wife, private investigator Mark Novak reluctantly accepts a case from a suspected murderer who may or may not be innocent.
Author
Series
Kindle County novels volume 6
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Author
Series
Jack Swyteck novels volume 12
Language
English
Description
Sashi Burgette vanished three years ago on her way to school. The night after the teenager's disappearance, ex-con Dylan Kyle was stopped for drunk driving. An article of Sashi's clothing was found in his truck, and a police videotape of his drunken explanation under interrogation sealed his fate at trial. Now, just days from Kyle's execution, Sashi's mother visits Jack Swyteck, doing pro bono work at the Freedom Institute, and delivers shocking news:...
15) Face of a killer
Author
Series
Sydney Fitzpatrick series volume 1
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
FBI forensic artist Fitzpatrick questions the guilt of a man about to be executed for her father's murder twenty years earlier.
17) Candlemoth
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2013, c2003
Language
English
Description
Sitting on death row in the 1960s, Daniel Ford imparts to a priest the story of his relationship with the best friend he was condemned for killing, from their first encounters as young boys in South Carolina through the flight from the Vietnam draft that ended in violence.
Author
Series
Jack Tobin novels volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Jack Tobin, a Florida trial lawyer, is committed to justice for the innocent. But when he's presented with Henry Wilson's case, he has reasons to believe that the convict is guilty. Wilson has eight weeks to live ... and Jack must decide whether he can--and will--help him ..."--Back cover
Author
Series
Carter Blake thrillers volume 1
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Caleb Wardell, the infamous Chicago Sniper, escapes from death row two weeks before his execution, the FBI calls on the services of Carter Blake, a man with specialized talents whose skills lie in finding those who don't want to be found.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The enchanted place is an ancient stone prison, viewed through the eyes of a death row inmate who finds escape in his books and in re-imagining life around him. A female investigator searches for buried information from prisoners' pasts that can save those soon-to-be-executed. Digging into the background of a killer named York, she uncovers wrenching truths that challenge familiar notions of victim and criminal, innocence and guilt, and reveals shocking...
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