The Last Mile — Content Guide for Parents
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- ViolenceSupporting
- Scary contentSupporting
- Race & cultureSupporting
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- Religion
- Climate
- Sexual content
- Gender roles
- Gender & orientation
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- Profanity
- Profanity: The sources do not say whether the book's text contains swear words.
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Religion
PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
About this book
Convicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours before his execution--for the violent killing of his parents twenty years earlier--when he's granted an unexpected reprieve. Another man has confessed to the crime.
Amos Decker, newly hired on an FBI special task force, takes an interest in Mars's case after discovering the striking similarities to his own life: Both men were talented football players with promising careers cut short by tragedy. Both men's families were brutally murdered. And in both cases, another suspect came forward, years after the killing, to confess to the crime. A suspect who may or may not have been telling the truth.
The confession has the potential to make Melvin Mars--guilty or not--a free man. Who wants Mars out of prison? And why now?
But when a member of Decker's team disappears, it becomes clear that something much larger--and more sinister--than just one convicted criminal's life hangs in the balance. Decker will need all of his extraordinary brainpower to stop an innocent man from being executed.
Frequently asked questions
Is The Last Mile appropriate for a 7-year-old?
The story involves the murder of Mars's parents, a witness killed after an execution, a parking-lot brawl, a burning house and a long-running conspiracy of killings. Characters are targeted by dangerous men, a team member is kidnapped, and the hero and others are trapped in a burning house.
Does The Last Mile have violence?
Found (Supporting): The story involves the murder of Mars's parents, a witness killed after an execution, a parking-lot brawl, a burning house and a long-running conspiracy of killings.
Does The Last Mile have scary content?
Found (Supporting): Characters are targeted by dangerous men, a team member is kidnapped, and the hero and others are trapped in a burning house.
Does The Last Mile have religion?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The Last Mile have race & culture?
Found (Supporting): A review says the book addresses racism, and the plot involves powerful men tied to a church bombing and an NAACP office bombing in the civil rights era.
Does The Last Mile have profanity?
Couldn't confirm: The sources do not say whether the book's text contains swear words.
Does The Last Mile have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The Last Mile have sexual content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The Last Mile have gender roles?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does The Last Mile have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
