
True Crime
The Novel
Andrew Klavan(Author)
Random House Inc (Publisher)
Published on 11. August 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-440-22403-7 (ISBN)
Description
In the heat of the city, a man is out of time: speeding in a beat-up Ford Tempo, blasting easy-listening music. Reporter Steve Everett drinks too much, makes love to his boss's wife, and has just stumbled upon a shocking truth: a convicted killer is about to be executed for a crime he didn't commit.
In the cold confines of Death Row, Frank Beachum is also out of time. Ready to say good-bye to the wife and child he loves and hello to the God he still believes in, Beachum knows he did not kill a convenience store clerk six years ago. But in a few hours-if Steve Everett can't find the evidence to stop it-a needle is going to pierce Frank Beachum's skin.
The killing machine is primed. The executioner is waiting. And so is the priest. Now the clock is ticking down and the race is on-between the reporter and his demons, between the system and its lethal flaws, between the last innocent man and society's ultimate crime. . . .
In the cold confines of Death Row, Frank Beachum is also out of time. Ready to say good-bye to the wife and child he loves and hello to the God he still believes in, Beachum knows he did not kill a convenience store clerk six years ago. But in a few hours-if Steve Everett can't find the evidence to stop it-a needle is going to pierce Frank Beachum's skin.
The killing machine is primed. The executioner is waiting. And so is the priest. Now the clock is ticking down and the race is on-between the reporter and his demons, between the system and its lethal flaws, between the last innocent man and society's ultimate crime. . . .
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (mass)
Dimensions
Height: 175 mm
Width: 106 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
213 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-440-22403-7 (9780440224037)
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Andrew Klavan