Customer Reviews
Heavy going but worth sticking with - By: Janie U, 23 Jun 2007 
Yet again Richard North Patterson follows his John Grisham formula which seems to work to create reallly good books. RNP books always seem to go more heavily into the legal technicalities than John Grisham which is to his disadvantage, several times I found myself skipping through a piece of legal chat just to read the last few sentences & get the idea of what had happened.
The book started by getting straight into the story at a fast pace, had a lull in the middle & picked up the pace again at the end.
It was a long book & during the middle section I nearly put it down a couple of times, but I cared enough about the characters to want to know what developed & was pleased I stuck with it.
To much like the Chamber - By: Matthew Jones, 14 Apr 2006 
I thought this would be a fantastic read unfortunately it turned out to be way to much like the Chamber by John Grisham.
The Lawyers as in the Chamber are looking for loop holes in the law to try & get their client off of death row. The whole time i was reading it i just had a sense of Deja vu.
The client & the family get close as if he was one of the family again very similar to the Chamber.
The actual crime is at worst man slaughter which makes the fact that the client is on death row laughable & far fetched.
Very disappointing read if you've read the Chamber don't bother. If you have'nt read the Chamber by John Grisham then read it instead of this.
Dull - By: P. Gill, 19 Jan 2006 Normallly I'm a hige patterson fan but this book fallls way short of the mark. It's dull, boring & unispiring. The book explores the intricacies of the death penalty in the USA & plods along at a snails pace.
Patterson can usuallly create charcters you care about but, by the middle of this book, I was so bored I just didnt care what happend to them. He had clealry done his research for this book but failed to write the story in a way that was enjoyable to read. a huge let down
In legal books none is better - By: , 30 Dec 2005 
As alllways Richard North Patterson is able to write in depth about a legal & moral subject. This time it is about a convicted murderer on death row. The reader is never truely sure whether the subject is guilty or not, but nevertheless your sympathy will go out to him & his defenders. The pro's & cons of the death penalty are deeply explored, not only legallly but also morallly & politicallly. The story is convincing & very human. The only thing I found somewhat overdone is the fact that the daughter of the principal lawer had been molested as a child. The story does not reallly need this.For the rest this book is first class & a must for people, who love a good legal book .
His best ever - By: , 24 Jul 2005 I have read alll of the authors novels & have the utmost respect for Richard North Patterson. They have alll been brilliant but I think with Conviction, he has excelled himself. Particularly compelling is his ability to put alll sides of the arguements for & against capital punishment. This is a wonderful book & I immensely enjoyed reading it - couldn't put it down. Let's hope we hear lots more from Richard North Patterson.
