The Innocence Game - Hardcover

Harvey, Michael

3.61

1,398 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0307961257 ISBN 13: 9780307961259

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2013

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From Michael Harvey, Chicago’s best-known crime writer and author of the popular Michael Kelly series, comes something different: a leap forward into a dark world where the lines between innocence and guilt disappear altogether.

They’re young, brilliant, beautiful . . . and na�ve enough to believe they can make a difference. For three graduate students, the exclusive innocence seminar at the nation’s most esteemed journalism school is supposed to teach them how to free the falsely accused from prison. Little do they know the most important lesson they’ll learn is how to stay alive.

The first day of class for Ian Joyce and Sarah Gold starts like any other, until a fellow student, Jake Havens, pulls a wrinkled envelope from his backpack. Inside is a bloodstained scrap of shirt from a boy murdered fourteen years ago and an anonymous note taking credit for the killing. The only problem is the alleged murderer is already dead.

Suddenly, the class has a new assignment: find the real killer. As the case unfolds, the bodies and questions begin to pile up.

Why are innocent men being framed?

Who’s been getting away with murder?

Drawn into a web of deceit and corruption, the students realize they, too, are being hunted. Ian, Sarah, and Jake are smart . . . but are they smart enough to stay alive?

From Northwestern’s idyllic campus, to the grittiest corners of Chicago, to the frigid depths of Lake Michigan, The Innocence Game is irresistible, harrowing suspense from a writer at the top of his form.

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Review:

A brisk, entertaining conspiracy thriller, which culminates in a good twist (Morning Star)

PRAISE FOR MICHAEL HARVEY:

'Should be read by all

(John Grisham)

Michael Harvey has studied the masters and puts his own unique touch on the crime novel. A major voice (Michael Connelly)

Gritty and witty ... a real winner (Kathy Reichs)

Harvey dispenses the pressure plays, cruel surprises and heartbreaking setbacks of his plot with cracking timing, never allowing the reader a moment to unfasten his seat belt (Washington Post)

Book Description:

Master crime writer Michael Harvey returns to the city of Chicago in this tense and fast-paced standalone thriller about three students whose curriculum leads them into dark and dangerous territory

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