Klavan Andrew - True Crime

True Crime is an edge-of-the-seat suspense novel that graphically portrays the final moments leading up to a condemned killer's

appointment with the executioner. The plot is familiar but convincing: An inmate, Frank Beachum, denies any involvement in the

murder of a young pregnant woman. His only chance for survival lies in the hands of a reporter, Steven Everett. From the very first

page, however, veteran suspense writer Andrew Klavan does everything possible to make this journalist unlikable--he drinks too much,

he's committed adultery. In fact, the incarcerated Beachum, who stands accused of a hideous crime, comes across as a much more decent

person than Everett.

Foes of capital punishment will find in True Crime another buttress to the oft-expressed argument that state-sanctioned murder is not

always just, that some police investigations are sloppy even when they're not politically tinged or racially motivated, and that

exonerating evidence is often overlooked. Here such evidence is so glaringly overlooked that it's possible for a somewhat drunken

reporter with plenty of other things on his mind (a wife who's about to leave him and a boss who's just discovered that Everett

is cuckolding him) to spot the inconsistencies. He follows a hunch, discovers the identity of the real killer, and tries to clear

Beachum's name as the minutes tick away. The relentless pace and Klavan's crisp, taut writing make the suspension of disbelief

possible, and no doubt Clint Eastwood, who stars in the movie version, will make Steven Everett a more likely and likable hero. --Jane Adams

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