"A DARK AND THOUGHTFUL TALE PULSING WITH MORAL UNCERTAINTIES...GRISHAM IS AT HIS BEST."--PEOPLE."COMPELLING...POWERFUL...THE CHAMBER WILL MAKE READERS THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY."--USA TODAY.IN THE CORRIDORS OF CHICAGO'S TOP LAW FIRM:A young lawyer stands on the brink of a brilliant career.Now twenty-six-year-old Adam Hall is risking it all for a death-row killer and an impossible case...

IN THE CORRIDORS OF CHICAGO’S TOP LAW FIRM:A young lawyer stands on the brink of a brilliant career.Now twenty-six-year-old Adam Hall is risking it all for a death-row killer and an impossible case.

MAXIMUM SECURITY UNIT, MISSISSIPPI STATEPRISON: Sam Cayhall is a former Klansman and unrepentant racist facing the death penalty for a fatal bombing in 1967.Cayhall has run out of chances--except for one: a young,liberal Chicago lawyer who just happens to be his grandson.

While the executioners prepare the gas chamber, while the protesters gather and the TV cameras wait, Adam has only days, hours, minutes to save his client. For between the two men is a chasm of shame, family lies, and secrets--including the one secret that could save Sam Cayhall’s life...or cost Adam his.

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

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Chapter 52