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Lieferstatus:	i.d.R. innert 2-7 Tagen versandfertig
Veröffentlichung:	April 2024
Genre:	Romane, Erzählungen, Gedichte
	c 2020 to c 2029 / courtroom drama; criminal justice / Crime & mystery / Crime and mystery fiction / FICTION / Thrillers / Crime / Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN:	9781035035595
EAN-Code:	9781035035595
Verlag:	Pan macmillan Ltd.
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 234 mm / B 154 mm / D 39 mm
Gewicht:	620 gr
Seiten:	512
Bewertung:	Titel bewerten / Meinung schreiben

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'This is David Baldacci at his best' - Michael Connelly 'I couldn't stop turning the pages, fascinated, moved, horrified' - Alex Michaelides 'A tour de force' - S.A. Cosby 'May be the best novel David Baldacci has ever written' - Scott Turow 'A tale of high tension, false assumptions and stubborn humanity' - Stacey Abrams Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a murder case sets a duo of Black and white lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from the number one bestselling author David Baldacci. Jack Lee is a white lawyer from Freeman County, Virginia, who has never done anything to push back against racism, until he decides to represent Jerome Washington, a Black man charged with killing an elderly and wealthy white couple. Doubting his decision, Lee fears that his legal skills may not be enough to prevail in a case where the odds are already stacked against both him and his client. And he quickly finds himself out of his depth when he realizes that what is at stake is far greater than the outcome of a murder trial. Desiree DuBose is a Black lawyer from Chicago who has devoted her life to furthering the causes of justice and equality for everyone. She comes to Freeman County and enters a fractious and unwieldy partnership with Lee in a legal battle against the best prosecutor in town. Yet DuBose is also aware that powerful outside forces are at work to blunt the victories achieved by the Civil Rights era. Lee and DuBose could not be more dissimilar. On their own, neither one can stop the prosecution's deliberate march towards a guilty verdict and the electric chair. But together, the pair fight for what once seemed impossible: a chance for a fair trial and true justice. KILLER TWISTS. HEROES TO BELIEVE IN. TRUST BALDACCI.