Conviction: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 0345450205
- ISBN-13
- 9780345450203
- Series
- Conviction
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 519
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Christopher Paget
- Author
- Richard North Patterson
Description
Fifteen years after he is convicted and sentenced to die for the murder of a young girl, lawyer Teresa Peralta Paget, her husband, and her stepson become convinced that Rennell Price did not receive a fair trial and race to stop his execution.
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