Time was when a Grisham novel was a great read. Not so with this one. Assuredly people wrongly convicted on death row is a great subject for a legal thriller but this book just falls flat.

excellent.

Very predictable and overall just kinda bleh.

Grisham hasn't lost his talent for churning out pageturners. The Confession keeps readers on the edge of their seats.

Best Grisham book in a LONG time! Thought provoking and keeps you guessing.

Quick, easy read. Entertaining.

What happens when a Minister takes a confession from a self-proclaimed murderer, but he isn’t the one that is serving the time for the murder? Apparently, someone else has confessed to the murder and he is going to be executed within days, unless this true killer can come forward to stop this conviction.

Can this Minister get this true murderer to save this innocent man?

In true Grisham style, he takes on a cause. And this particular cause is the death penalty.

And in true Texas style, they are very proud of their convictions and their way of getting rid of their criminals quickly.

But, in their rush to conviction, did they really do what they needed to do to make sure they had the right man, or did they push the person too hard to admit to a confession because of a harsh interrogation and not a lot of evidence?

These are the type of issues that Grisham likes to explore. And as readers we are interested, as well, as we watch this do-gooder Minister risk everything to do the right thing.

Between police paperwork and court filings, and the politics of it all, readers get the inside scoop on what it looks like behind the scenes of an individual’s case.

Will the Minister make it in time? Or will the worst happen? And if it does, what will transpire next?

This is a good page-turner, with believable characters, that is also an emotional story that will grab readers and tug at our hearts.

Classic Grisham, not to be missed.

I'm a sucker for any Grisham book. Always a quick, interesting read. When I read the cover of this one, it sounded like a fictional version of his non-fiction work, The Innocent Man. In some ways it was similar, but without giving anything away, in many respects it is very different. Grisham somehow always writes a book that shifts my paradigm. His Street Lawyer is the book that made me get involved in volunteer work at our food pantry. The Confession, coupled with his previous death row book, The Chamber as well as his non-fiction The Innocent Man has totally made me rethink the death penalty.