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 showcases #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham at the height of his storytelling powers.Ĭlanton, Mississippi. Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J. By AUTHOR Jane Austen Eric Carle Lewis Carroll Roald Dahl Charles Dickens Sydney Hanson C.Indestructubles Little Golden Books Magic School Bus Magic Tree House Pete the Cat Step Into Reading Book The Hunger Games By POPULAR SERIES Chronicles of Narnia Curious Geoge Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fancy Nancy Harry Potter I Survived If You Give.By TOPIC Award Winning Books African American Children's Books Biography & Autobiography Diversity & Inclusion Foreign Language & Bilingual Books Hispanic & Latino Children's Books Holidays & Celebrations Holocaust Books Juvenile Nonfiction New York Times Bestsellers Professional Development Reference Books Test Prep.By GRADE Elementary School Middle School High Schoolīy AGE Board Books (newborn to age 3) Early Childhood Readers (ages 4-8) Children's Picture Books (ages 3-8) Juvenile Fiction (ages 8-12) Young Adult Fiction (ages 12+).BESTSELLERS in EDUCATION Shop All Education Books.There will be a lot of Mississippians finding “A Time for Mercy” under their Christmas trees.

Ford County and Clanton are an intriguing place to visit and get lost for a while.

But after the realities of 2020, this may be the perfect pandemic novel. This is not a Grisham novel with a necessarily neat and tidy ending.

Grisham’s 35th novel is one of his best and will be an absolute fix for Brigance fans. How the people of Ford County deal with poverty, abortion, capital punishment and attitudes about “mercy” for the indigent and those with no place to go are at the heart of the book. But more interesting is that unlike the first two books, race is not the lowest common denominator. The usual legal drama is tight and compelling. The book is filled with the lawyer's introspections and frank examinations of his own failings. He’s in debt, his wife is unhappy, and as in our introduction, he is often his own worst enemy. Brigance is still struggling financially, and his legal practice labored under white resentment for his willingness to represent Black clients.

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