Whenaconvictedkillerissavedbyanotherman’sconfession,AmosDecker,nowanFBIspecialtaskforcedetective,mustfindthetruthinthis“utterlyabsorbing“#1NewYorkTimesbestseller(AssociatedPress).ConvictedmurdererMelvinMarsiscountingdownthelasthoursbeforehisexecution--fortheviolentkillingofhisparentstwentyyearsearlier--whenhe’sgrantedanunexpectedreprieve.Anothermanhasconfessedtothecrime.AmosDecker,newlyhiredonanFBIspecialtaskforce,takesaninterestinMars’scaseafterdiscoveringthestrikingsimilaritiestohisownlife:Bothmenweretalentedfootballplayerswithpromisingcareerscutshortbytragedy.Bothmen’sfamilieswerebrutallymurdered.Andinbothcases,anothersuspectcameforward,yearsafterthekilling,toconfesstothecrime.Asuspectwhomayormaynothavebeentellingthetruth.TheconfessionhasthepotentialtomakeMelvinMars--guiltyornot--afreeman.WhowantsMarsoutofprison?Andwhynow?ButwhenamemberofDecker’steamdisappears,itbecomesclearthatsomethingmuchlarger--andmoresinister--thanjustoneconvictedcriminal’slifehangsinthebalance.Deckerwillneedallofhisextraordinarybrainpowertostopaninnocentmanfrombeingexecuted.
