The Sentence

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The gripping new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling phenomenon, VOX
A law intended to stop the death penalty

In a bid to prevent executions, prosecutors who seek capital punishment must put their own lives on the line. If the guilty are later found innocent, the lawyer will pay the ultimate price.

A lawyer convinced beyond reasonable doubt

Justine Boucher has only sought execution once when presented with overwhelming evidence in a brutal murder case, soon after the killing of her own husband.

An ending that was never supposed to be

The law was not meant to be tested, but some crimes demand a different kind of justice. Justine was certain of Jake Milfords guilt enough to stake her life on it. What if she was wrong

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Praise for Christina Dalcher

A truly compulsive novel STYLIST

Intelligent, suspenseful, provocative, and intensely disturbing everything a great novel should be LEE CHILD

Thought-provoking and thrilling WOMAN & HOME

Extraordinary LOUISE ONEILL

A fast-paced, twisting thriller DAILY MAIL

Terrifyingly plausible LOUISE CANDLISH

[Dalcher] knows how to hit the emotional buttons . . .compelling GUARDIAN

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Christina Dalcher earned her doctorate in theoretical linguistics from Georgetown University, specializing in the phonetics of sound change in Italian and British dialects. She and her husband split their time between the American South and Naples, Italy. VOX is her debut novel.