{"product_id":"deliberation-clifton-wilcox-9781969770142","title":"Deliberation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeliberation\u003c\/em\u003e is a psychological courtroom thriller that takes place almost entirely inside a jury deliberation room, where twelve strangers must decide the fate of a seventeen-year-old boy accused of murdering his father. The evidence presented during the trial appears convincing: a violent history between father and son, a missing kitchen knife linked to the crime, witnesses who heard the argument, and a teenager whose explanation of the night's events leaves troubling gaps. For most of the jurors, the case seems clear and the verdict inevitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when the first vote reveals a single \"not guilty,\" the certainty in the room begins to fracture. One juror insists that before they condemn a boy to death, they must carefully examine every piece of evidence. What follows is a tense and increasingly volatile debate as the jurors revisit witness testimony, question the reliability of the physical evidence, and confront the assumptions each of them brought into the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs hours pass, the deliberation room transforms into a psychological battlefield where anger, prejudice, pride, and hidden personal wounds surface. Alliances shift, tempers ignite, and the line between truth and belief becomes dangerously blurred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDeliberation\u003c\/em\u003e, Clifton Wilcox explores the fragile nature of justice and the unsettling reality that a verdict is not determined only by facts but by the complex human minds forced to interpret them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clifton Wilcox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1969770147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781969770142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Windward Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Clifton Wilcox","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517167612159,"sku":"9781969770142","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da3d53ff-d1d8-4217-8bcf-a1b629b7fa30.jpg?v=1778730359","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deliberation-clifton-wilcox-9781969770142","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}