{"product_id":"conviction-2","title":"Conviction","description":"\u003cp\u003e When the body of eleven-year-old Thuy Sen is found in San Francisco Bay, the police swiftly charge Rennell and Payton Price with her grisly murder. A twelve-person jury, helped along by an incompetent lawyer for the defense, are quick to find the brothers guilty - and to sentence them both to die for their crimes. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Twelve years later, Payton is days from his execution, and overworked pro bono lawyer Teresa Peralta Paget, her husband Chris, and stepson Carlo, a recent Harvard law graduate, become convinced not only that Rennell didn't receive a fair trial, but that he's innocent. Racing against the clock and against insurmountable legal obstacles, Teresa, Chris, and Carlo desperately try and stop the execution of an innocent man. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Praise for BALANCE OF POWER \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 'Richard North Patterson has a keen eye for how Washington really works. His portrait of the gun lobby is right on – both in terms of its power and its political tactics. A must read for anyone interested in the gun debate’ \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eBill Clinton\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e ‘BALANCE OF POWER and PROTECT AND DEFEND stand as a remarkable project in popular fiction: an extension of the genre of the legal thriller to explore the morality and strategies of the US’s greatest civic controversies’ \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Lawson, The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 'BALANCE OF POWER is a rip-roaring novel . . . a great read by a masterful writer' \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eSenator Edward Kennedy \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fiction, Action \u0026amp; Adventure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0333908570\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47910186778801,"sku":"SB-0333908570-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0333908570.jpg?v=1789441311","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/conviction-2","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}