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The holdout : a novel / Graham Moore.

Summary:

"It's the most sensational case of the decade. Fifteen-year-old Jessica Silver, heiress to a billion-dollar real estate fortune, vanishes on her way home from school. Her teacher Bobby Nock, a twenty-five-year-old African American man, is the prime suspect after illicit text messages are discovered between them--and Jessica's blood is found in his car. The subsequent trial taps straight into America's most pressing preoccupations: race, class, sex, law enforcement, and the lurid sins of the rich and famous. It's an open and shut case for the prosecution, and a quick conviction seems all but guaranteed. Until Maya Seale, a young woman on the jury, convinced of Nock's innocence, persuades the rest of the jurors to return the verdict of not guilty, a controversial decision that will change all of their lives forever. Flash forward ten years. A true-crime docuseries reassembles the jurors, with particular focus on Maya, now a defense attorney herself. When one of the jurors is found dead in Maya's hotel room, all evidence points to her as the killer. Now, she must prove her own innocence--by getting to the bottom of a case that is far from closed. As the present-day murder investigation weaves together with the story of what really happened during their deliberation, told by each of the jurors in turn, the secrets they have all been keeping threaten to come out--with drastic consequences for all involved"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780399591778
  • ISBN: 039959177X
  • Physical Description: 322 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2020]
Subject:
Race relations > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Trials (Murder) > Fiction.
Rich people > Fiction.
Missing persons > Investigation > Fiction.
Genre:
Legal fiction (Literature)
Detective and mystery fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 59 of 61 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 61 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library FIC MOORE (Text) 36015001724133 Adult Fiction Available -
Albemarle Main Library FIC Moore (Text) 31010000723249 Adult Fiction Available -
Andrews Public Library F MOO (Text) 80605000657592 Adult Fiction Available -
Avery County Morrison Public Library FIC MOO (Text) 31111003033584 Adult Fiction Available -
Beaufort Main F MOORE (Text) 34208204060569 Adult Fiction Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library FIC Moore (Text) 37807000017907 Adult Fiction Available -
Bunn Branch F/Moore (Text) 72350000053116 Adult Fiction Reshelving -
Clemmons Branch FIC Moore, Graham [MYS] (Text) 0112522982714 Adult Fiction Available -
Cleveland County Main Library F MOORE (Text) 22281500143896 Adult Fiction Available -
Columbus Library F MOO (Text) 31250200074556 Adult Fiction Available -

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Summary: "It's the most sensational case of the decade. Fifteen-year-old Jessica Silver, heiress to a billion-dollar real estate fortune, vanishes on her way home from school. Her teacher Bobby Nock, a twenty-five-year-old African American man, is the prime suspect after illicit text messages are discovered between them--and Jessica's blood is found in his car. The subsequent trial taps straight into America's most pressing preoccupations: race, class, sex, law enforcement, and the lurid sins of the rich and famous. It's an open and shut case for the prosecution, and a quick conviction seems all but guaranteed. Until Maya Seale, a young woman on the jury, convinced of Nock's innocence, persuades the rest of the jurors to return the verdict of not guilty, a controversial decision that will change all of their lives forever. Flash forward ten years. A true-crime docuseries reassembles the jurors, with particular focus on Maya, now a defense attorney herself. When one of the jurors is found dead in Maya's hotel room, all evidence points to her as the killer. Now, she must prove her own innocence--by getting to the bottom of a case that is far from closed. As the present-day murder investigation weaves together with the story of what really happened during their deliberation, told by each of the jurors in turn, the secrets they have all been keeping threaten to come out--with drastic consequences for all involved"--