Seit fünfundzwanzig Jahren sitzt Rufus Harms im Gefängnis, weil er ein schreckliches Verbrechen begangen haben soll. Er selbst konnte sich lange Zeit an nichts mehr erinnern - bis ihm plötzlich schlagartig alles wieder einfällt. Jetzt weiss er, dass er unschuldig ist. Er glaubt nicht mehr, dass ihm Gerechtigkeit widerfahren wird. Er will nur, dass die Wahrheit ans Licht kommt. Doch nichts ist gefährlicher als die Wahrheit.
"SIZZLING"David Baldacci's novels have been called "sizzling" (USA Today) and "superior" (Houston Chronicle). Now Baldacci is back, with the story of a death row inmate, a Supreme Court clerk, and a crime that is costing people their lives...TERRIFYINGMichael Fiske broke the law when he took Rufus Harms's prison letter from the Supreme Court. But he also sealed his own fate. Now Michael's brother, a cop turned attorney, is coming to Washington to find out why his brother was murdered -- and what it had to do with a crime that Rufus Harms committed twenty-five years before...SIMPLY THE BESTIn his new novel of corruption, romance, family, and justice at the heart of the American republic, David Baldacci takes us on a journey of harrowing conspiracy -- and proves once again that in the realm of suspense, he is in a league of his own.THE SIMPLE TRUTHIt's never what it seems...