True Crime The Novel [Paperback]

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. . . ."Time flies when you're having fun, waiting to die, or readingTrue Crime,Andrew Klavan's nerve-plucking suspense novel...A beat-the-clock suspense thriller."
--The New York Times Book Review

"A classic .  .  .  True Crimemoves like a tornado, its plot turning in tighter and tighter circles until it explodes in an ending that will leave readers exhausted.  .  .  .  His characters are vivid and compelling, his observations on the human condition perceptive, and his darkly humorous prose masterful."
--Houston Chronicle

"The most suspenseful and exciting novel I have read in the last couple of years.  The adrenaline was flowing so strongly near the end, I actually thought my heart might give out.  A wonderful, funny, heartbreaking, powerful book."
--John Lescroart, author ofGuilt

"One of the best novels to come down the pike inlSI