Amazon’s Best Books of 2024
NPR reporter Barbara Bradley Hagerty reveals in her gasp-inducing narrative about how the whims of chance, politics, racism, and our country’s laws make it shockingly easy to wrongly convict somebody, and nearly impossible to win their freedom. Written with the drama of a John Grisham novel, the character-building of The Wire
Review by Lindsay Powers, Amazon Editor
November 2024 | Amazon
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The Christian Science Monitor: The best books of 2024
Barbara Bradley Hagerty has written a true-crime story that reads like a legal thriller and, at same time, recounts the systemic failures of the judicial system. It is eye-opening, discouraging, and inspiring.
December 19, 2024 | The Christian Science Monitor
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Texas Monthly: Benjamine Spencer’s Long Road Home
Spencer is awaiting full exoneration—in no small part because of a woman who found the most important story of her life.
Review by Michael Hall.
July 31, 2024 | Texas Monthly
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New York Times: The Middle Age Surge
Review by David Brooks.
March 22, 2016 | New York Times
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The New York Times: Drowning at Midlife? Start Swimming
Review by Judi Ketteler
May 17, 2018 | The New York Times
Philadelphia Inquirer: Brain Waves of Beatific Vision
Review by David O’Reilly
June 16, 2009 | Philadelphiua Inquirer