This event will take place in person at the South Beach Library. Join us for the latest edition of our popular monthly book club!

About the book:

One juror changed the verdict. What if she was wrong? From the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game and bestselling author of The Last Days of Night. . . .

It’s the most sensational case of the decade. Fifteen-year-old Jessica Silver, the heiress to a billion-dollar real estate fortune, vanishes on her way home from school, and her teacher, Bobby Nock, a twenty-five-year-old African American man, is the prime suspect. 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 their lives forever.

Flash forward ten years. A true-crime docuseries reassembles the jury, with a 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.

Here`s how it works:

1. Click on the reading format you prefer below to start the check-out process:

Book: Place a hold on the item and designate one of our 92 locations for the next available copy to be sent to. You will be notified when it is available for pickup.

Please Note: South Beach Library does have a limited number of physical copies available for check-out. They are displayed on the designated BOOK CLUB SHELF located next to the NEW BOOKS section at the library. Come visit us!

E-audiobook: Can be downloaded using our SimplyE app or on Overdrive. If a waitlist exists, please place a hold and you will be notified when the e-book is available for download.

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2. Join other avid readers including staff from the South Beach Library for an in-person book discussion on Wednesday, October 19 at 11:15 AM.

Free!