Jake Brigance doesn’t want this impossible case but he’s the only one with enough experience to defend the boy.Īs the trial begins, it seems there is only one outcome: the gas chamber for Drew. In Clanton, Mississippi, there is no one more hated than a cop killer – but a cop killer’s defence lawyer comes close.
He picks up a gun and takes the law into his own hands. Her son, sixteen-year-old Drew, knows he only has this one chance to save them. Though he’s turned his drunken rages on his girlfriend, Josie, and her children many times before, the police code of silence has always shielded him.īut one night he goes too far, leaving Josie for dead on the floor before passing out. suspenseful’ – New York Timesĭeputy Stuart Kofer is a protected man. It gives the book an emotional core that burns with a white heat’ – Daily Mail There is a lot of Grisham in Brigance – they were both street lawyers on the side of the people, not big corporations. ‘A new Grisham legal thriller is always an event, but this one is exceptional as the author is returning to Jake Brigance, the hero of his very first book, A Time To Kill. Now comes A Time for Mercy.Jake Brigance, lawyer hero of A Time to Kill and Sycamore Row, is back, in his toughest case ever. There is a time to kill and a time for justice. The result is a richly rewarding novel that is both timely and timeless, full of wit, drama, and-most of all-heart.īursting with all the courthouse scheming, small-town intrigue, and stunning plot twists that have become the hallmarks of the master of the legal thriller, A Time for Mercy is John Grisham’s most powerful courtroom drama yet. In what may be the most personal and accomplished legal thriller of John Grisham’s storied career, we deepen our acquaintance with the iconic Southern town of Clanton and the vivid cast of characters that so many readers know and cherish. Jake’s fierce commitment to saving Drew from the gas chamber puts his career, his financial security, and the safety of his family on the line. Many in Clanton want a swift trial and the death penalty, but Brigance digs in and discovers that there is more to the story than meets the eye. Jake Brigance finds himself embroiled in a deeply divisive trial when the court appoints him attorney for Drew Gamble, a timid sixteen-year-old boy accused of murdering a local deputy. Jake Brigance is back! The hero of A Time to Kill, one of the most popular novels of our time, returns in a courtroom drama that The New York Times says is "riveting" and "suspenseful."Ĭlanton, Mississippi.
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