Orem Library

"In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A's, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big league glory. Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habitsdrinking, drugs, and women. He began to show signs of mental illness. Unable to keep a job, he moved in with his mother and slept twenty...

Twenty five years ago, Rufus Harms was convicted of a murder he believes he committed. But when his memory is jogged by a letter from the army, he has a shocking realization: he's not guilty. From prison, Rufus secretly files an appeal with the Supreme Court, unaware that the real killers are onto him. But the long-time convict knows he's running out of time when his lawyer and the Supreme Court clerk--the first person to see Rufus's appeal--are murdered....

This novel is a moving story of love in the face of injustice. Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, the story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope...

A man is framed as a drug dealer and sent to prison by a pair of crooked cops. He tries to prove his innocence, but everyone in jail claims they were framed.

When fourteen-year-old Alex is framed for murder, he becomes an inmate in the Furnace Penitentiary, where brutal inmates and sadistic guards reign, boys who disappear in the middle of the night sometimes return weirdly altered, and escape might just be possible.

A young man, falsely imprisoned by his jealous 'friends,' escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge.

As the town's anger grows against Johnny Harris, a man who has just finished serving time for a murder he did not commit, schoolteacher Rachel Grant's love for Johnny also grows.

An ex-cop, falsely imprisoned for stealing a diamond from a powerful tycoon, escapes from prison and stages a suicide attempt to clear his name, while his brother breaks into the tycoon's vault to prove the jewel was never stolen in the first place.

Count of Monte Cristo (Classic tale of injustice, revenge and retribution, in which Edmond Dantes is falsely accused of conspiring with Napoleon!); Man Friday (Classic story of survival and heroism takes on a whole new perspective in this 1975 version of Robinson Crusoe.)

70 year old Grace Mallard refuses to believe her son Andrew is guilty of murder. 11 years ago Andrew was put away for life for the murder of a local jeweler. Over the course of a decade, Grace and her devastated family doggedly fight on to set him free. Along the way they recruit investigative journalist Colleen Egan, charismatic MP John Quigley and top QC Malcolm McCusker to help them. All are convinced that Andrew never got a fair trial. Together...