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Cone, William

 
9781981031030: Torment

Synopsis

How man of the more than 8,000 men and women put to death in the US since the 1970’s were innocent?National Academy of Science researchers, deploying a technique known as ‘survival analysis’ say, “If you look at the numbers in our study, at how many errors are made, then you cannot believe we haven’t executed innocent people–that would be wishful thinking.”Torment tells the story of scientist Marlo Ritter and her literary critic friend, Avery Decker, who discover a coded confession to the murder of Roni Jo Barton, a beautiful young nurse, hidden inside the pages of a recently published best-selling novel.Tommy Casseri, convicted and sentenced to death for the crime fifteen years earlier, is now only days away from his execution, but if the confession they’ve uncovered is real, Roni Jo’s true killer is the novel’s highly celebrated author. The authorities turn a deaf ear to this startling discovery, and the novel’s publisher, with millions at stake, threatens to destroy their lives and careers if the hidden message is ever made public. With time running out, Decker and Ritter concoct a bold scheme to root out the truth. When the plan backfires, their own lives suddenly hang in the balance with Tommy’s.Torment is one of those rare crime thrillers whose story will stay with you long after the final page has been turned.

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