'Grisham's storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own. '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 Brigance returns in SYCAMORE ROW and A TIME FOR MERCY. The original, epoch-defining Jake Brigance novel. 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 national 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. John lives on a farm in central Virginia.John Grisham's first and most shocking novel, adapted as a film starring Samuel L.

Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system. In the small town of Clanton, in fictional Ford County, Mississippi, a ten-year-old African-American girl named Tonya Hailey is viciously raped and beaten by two white supremacists, James 'Pete' Willard and Billy Ray Cobb. When he's not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. A Time to Kill is a 1988 legal thriller by John Grisham. Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction. His recent books include The Judge's List, Sooley, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which is being developed by HBO as a limited series. John lives on a f John Grisham is the author of forty-seven consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. When he's not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted.

John Grisham is the author of forty-seven consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages.

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