Stay of Execution

Perfect for fans of Making a Murderer, a novel about a man exonerated of heinous crimes returning to a town that can't let go of his bloody legacy
Little Springs was just a small college town, the kind of place where everyone knew everyone and crime was virtually nonexistent--until a series of rapes and murders at the college shook the community to its core. Only the arrest and conviction of Leo Spradlin, the "Coed Killer," could end the terror.
Years later, Spradlin is suddenly cleared based on unshakable DNA evidence, and no one is more surprised than Detective Mike Cancini. As new questions arise about the true identity of the murderer, Cancini struggles to accept his role in the conviction of an innocent man.
But when the attacks begin again, Cancini is not the only one who worries a mistake has been made. Cancini is drawn back to Little Springs, caught in a race against time to uncover the real "Coed Killer" before the next girl dies...