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George Calhoun has spent years on death row, convicted of murdering his young daughter. Dani Trumball is an attorney working at HIPP, the Help Innocent Prisoners Project organization. When George contacts HIPP, just six weeks before his scheduled execution, and proclaims his innocence. Dani is intrigued. With the help of two assistants, she begins a race against the clock to determine whether George is guilty of the crime and, if not, going through the court processes to have his execution stayed and his prison sentence overturned. As a courtroom drama, the reader gets the sense of how frustrating and demanding it must be to argue a case for innocence with a system that has been created to keep the status quo intact. Was George a victim of ineffective counsel? Of course, but is that reason enough to retry his case? Did the testimony of a depressed and psychologically unstable witness go uncontested - and is this enough reason to sentence someone to an execution? And, most importantly, can the State execute a man for murdering his daughter if there is any chance that this daughter is alive? And if she is alive, then who was the little girl found murdered? This book is written well and keeps the reader guessing until the end. Parts of it seemed a bit predictable, and I think that female readers might enjoy this book a bit more than male readers - Dani was always torn between spending time with her son or working on the case, for example. In any case, it was a thought-provoking and engaging story. I'd recommend this book to anyone wanting an enjoyable "light read" and who finds the subject of capital punishment to be of interest, as well as readers who like legal thrillers. It moved at a good pace and I found it difficult to put down. If Amazon allowed it in their ratings, I'd give this book 4.5 stars. I found it to be at least as good as any John Grisham novel. I was given a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for agreeing to write an unbiased review.