Crime Fiction Set on Death Row
Capital punishment is a hot-button issue in the United States, so it’s no wonder there are many mystery-suspense, thrillers, and crime fiction stories that explore this subject. What happens when we explore the stories of characters on death row? How does that affect our opinion of the death penalty? Here are several crime fiction novels that bring us a front-row seat to the infamous death row and its inmates.
Michael Connelly's Suicide Run features four stories about LAPD detective Harry Bosch. In "Cielo Azul," a killer of a young teen girl sits on death row. The girl was never identified and Bosch still has so many questions about the case. Now, Bosch takes advantage of this final opportunity to find out exactly what happened all those years ago.
The sixth chapter in Scott Turow's Kindle County Legal Thriller series, Reversible Errors, tells the story of a brutal triple murder and the man condemned to die for these crimes. Rommy "Squirrel" Gandolph is slowly approaching his final days and all feels hopeless. That is until corporate lawyer Arthur Raven receives word that another inmate may have new evidence that will prove Gandolph's innocence.
Hollie Overton's The Walls is a dark crime thriller that explores domestic violence, life on death row, and the morality of murder. Kristy Tucker is a single mom working as a press agent for the Texas Department of Corrections. Day in and day out, Kristy is confronted with the worst of humanity and thinks she's learned to see the signs. But then she falls in love with Lance Dobson. At first, she thinks she's found her happy ending, but Lance is nothing like he first appeared. Kristy fears she will be forced to live out a life of torment and abuse unless she takes matters into her own hands.
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