 Detective Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie, a Catholic priest turned distinguished investigator for the police, has agreed to hear the confession of a convicted serial killer sentenced to death in a just a matter of hours. What he promises to reveal to Ainslie is the truth behind the crimes and the reason he confessed to the one crime Ainslie doesn t even believe he committed. What unfolds between the two men is a serpentine trail into both men s pasts based on the bestseller from master storyteller Arthur Hailey.