Jon Soliday is legal counsel to a powerful politician - also his childhood best friend - who is running for governor. The two have shared political success and undying loyalty. They also share a dark secret from the summer of 1979: a party that resulted in the death of a teenage girl. Soliday was implicated, but through his friend's political connections, escaped legal trouble.

Soliday remembers little from that night, but carries an uncertain guilt he can't shake. Now, as the players from 1979 fall prey to an unknown killer, Soliday himself is accused of murder. And as the puzzle unfolds, the people he most suspects are those he has entrusted with his defense - his ambitious defense attorney and his oldest friend.

A man's past, both what he remembers and what he fears, has never felt so crushing - and may well leave him without a future.

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12 hours
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David Ellis
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Dick Hill
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October 17, 2008
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English
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B001IV0FI2
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Listening Length	12 hours
Author	David Ellis
Narrator	Dick Hill
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	October 17, 2008
Publisher	Brilliance Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B001IV0FI2
Best Sellers Rank	#146,305 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #594 in Legal Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals) #1,328 in Legal Thrillers (Books) #10,391 in Suspense (Audible Books & Originals)

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Julie Jenson

Gripping ride!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 9, 2022

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I Love books where you really don’t know who is the good guy and who is the bad—this book left you guessing from page 1! It also gave a perspective on politics that, unfortunately, might be more fact than fiction in these times! Interesting read all the way through!

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jennifer kohn

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 29, 2022

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Was surprised to find, since the book’s condition was rated as Very Good, that the pages attached to the book cover were broken/not attached.

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David Risher

A rocking page-turner... but no "Line of Vision"

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 14, 2003

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My feelings about "Life Sentence" are mixed. On the one hand, it's a great page-turner, the kind that keeps you in its grip well past midnight. (I turned the lights out at 12:30 two nights in a row!) On the other, it was a touch less satisfying than "Line of Vision": it almost felt like a first novel by a guy who wanted to take Scott Turow to a new level, rather than a confident second novel that breaks bold new ground.
And yet by the time you've finished, you're loving Ellis all over again for making you re-examine facts that seem to point in one direction but turn out to mean something else entirely.
So: buy Life Sentence and Line of Vision and decide for yourself which you prefer. If you like one, you'll certainly love the other (and both put Grisham and Turow to shame). I'm just not sure which of Ellis' books you'll prefer. Meanwhile, I'm already looking forward to novel number three!

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J. B. Perkins

Outstanding Book By An Outstanding Author

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This simply is one of the best books I ever read, and I read ALL the time. The story follows Jon Soliday, who is unjustly accused of murder. You know he's being set up but not by whom or why. What follows is a complex story that brings together tragic events of the past with the situation that is currently taking place. There is a series of twists and turns that keep you interested every second. I am rarely surprised at twists that occur at or near the end of the book, but this one took me totally off guard. Much of the story being told in the first person, the reader gets insight into the thoughts and feelings of Jon Soliday which helps you understand how some of the events were able to be accomplished. I believe that this adds significantly to the depth of the novel and the enjoyment of reading it. David Ellis is up there with Scott Turow and Richard North Patterson, which is the highest compliment I can think of.

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Barbara J. Ray

What surprises?

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I read this book because of all the "glowing" reviews - most indicating that there were "intricate" plots and surprises. Very early into the book I determined who one of the characters really was and pretty much what the "secret" was. I continued to read BECAUSE I thought there was going to be some kind of terrific "turn of events". NOT - you could pretty much see where it was going from the "get go". I also found that there wasn't ONE person in this book that evoked any type of interest. The author did not go into anyone's character to the extent that one could conjure an ounce of sympathy - most especially the narrator - the "accused". Parts included i.e., the ex-wife made NO sense at all. I guess it was the author's way of giving the narrator some "character". And - the dogs? I guess some authors think that if they put an animal in the mix it might keep the interest of the reader - especially IF the reader is an animal lover - as I am. Didn't work this time folks. Very disappointed - wish I could get both my money and time back!!

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Mathews

Another great mystery

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 24, 2020

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Super plot with twists and turns at every corner!! Ellis is just as good as Grisham and other lawyers turned novelist!!

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PHall

Awesome Legal Novel

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 10, 2017

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I have read all of David Ellis novels. He is such I would highly recommend. If you read one of his books, you want to read another one. His books are filled with twist and turns that keep you turning to the next page!!!

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Nancy C.

Great Legal/Political Mystery

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 11, 2005

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This is my first David Ellis book and I was not disappointed. It took me a few pages to get into it, but then I was hooked! Like most mystery readers, I try to figure out "whodunit" but only managed to predict part of the ending. Now that's a good read! I will be reading more of David Ellis.

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Five Stars

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A really good read from a great author.good service

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This was an excellent book and very well written. I would recommend it to everyone. Thanks Amazon!

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