![]() ![]() Brigance returns in SYCAMORE ROW and A TIME FOR MERCY. The original, epoch-defining Jake Brigance novel. 'Masterful - when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating' Mirror 'Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.' Daily Record 'Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller' The Times 'John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers' Telegraph 'The best thriller writer alive' Ken Follett 'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction!' Jodi Picoult ![]() ![]() 'A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' Irish Independent It's the kind of case that could make a young lawyer's career.īut it's also the kind of case that could get a young lawyer killed. A media circus descends on Clanton.Īs tensions mount, Hailey hires the inexperienced Jake Brigance to defend him. When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the violent racists who raped his ten-year-old daughter, the people of the small town of Clanton, Mississippi see it as justice done, and call for his acquittal.īut when extremists outside Clanton - including the KKK - hear that a black man has killed two white men, they invade the town, determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes their sense of justice. THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER FROM THE MASTER OF LEGAL THRILLERS That was about a man who, in 1985, killed someone but may have been justified in doing so. John Grisham's first and most shocking legal thriller, adapted as a film starring Samuel L. John Grishams first novel, A Time to Kill, remains one of his best. ![]()
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