Confessions of an Innocent Man by David R. Dow

I was drawn to this debut because of the Texas connection but after the first 10 pages, I was fully engaged and needed more. A promising but humble chef, Rafael is the least likely guy that an older sophisticated billionaire like Tieresse would fall for but she does and the two fall deeply in love despite the odds. Then, despite the odds, Tieresse is brutally murdered and the guy they pin it on is her husband, Rafael. The odds again are not in his favor and he ends up on death row. Stunned and still maintaining his innocence he turns to a group of dedicated attorneys who work towards his release. Is he bitter about what happened to him? Is he sad beyond belief at the death of his beloved wife? Is he willing to forgive and forget? - not hardly. David.R.Dow delivers a powerful thriller that takes the reader inside death row and into the complexities of forgiveness and revenge. Was justice served? You be the judge and jury.