Review: ASCENSION DAY ~ Forty-Seven Days and Counting
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 29, 2012
"ASCENSION DAY" by JOHN MATTHEWS is a novel that is so well crafted with characters so real you want to jump in and be a part of the action!British Author JOHN MATTHEWS is quite an accomplished Author.  Having read his novel "PAST IMPERFECT", I was eager to read "ASCENSION DAY", and boy am glad I did.Set in New Orleans, Louisiana with Lawyer Jac McElroy, a Scots-Frenchman, new to the practice of Law in the United States is assigned the task of doing a Clemency Appeal for Death Row inmate Lawrence Durrant.  He has forty-seven days to convince the Governor and Pardons Board to commute Durrant's sentence from Death to life in prison.  Durrant was convicted eleven years ago of murdering the young wife of one of the richest men in Louisiana.  Jac is confronted with several problems; Durrant confessed to the crime, Durrant does not want to stay his execution.  There are also a few people who do not want Durrant's execution stayed, and they are willing to kill anyone who tries to stop it.This novel is one hell of a roller-coaster ride!  It grips you immediately and you just can't stop turning the pages!!Personally, I hope Author JOHN MATTHEWS keeps handing such interesting cases to Jac so we can be truly entertained.BUY THIS BOOK NOW - - - you will feel the ASCENSION take you up and you will enjoy every bit of the ride.Michael PhelpsAuthorMiami Shores, Florida