num_pages: 496
description: This is a limited edition printing that included 350 numbered, signed copies.When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the hoodlums who have raped his ten-year-old child, the people of Clanton see it as a crime of blood and call for his acquittal. But when extremists outside Clanton 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. Jake Brigance has been hired to defend Hailey. It's the kind of case that can make or break a young lawyer. But in the maelstrom of Clanton, it is also the kind of case that could get a young lawyer killed. 'The best thriller writer alive' - Ken Follett, "Evening Standard". 'Grisham is a natural storyteller' - "Daily Telegraph". 'A giant of the thriller genre' - "Time Out". 'Leaves one eager for more' - "Spectator".
language: English
title: A Time to Kill
titlecomplete: A Time to Kill (Limited Edition)
characters: Mack Loyd Crowell, Dr. W.T. Bass, DeWayne Looney, Ozzie Walls, Ethel Twitty, Jake Brigance, Mickey Mouse (A Time to Kill), Freddy Cobb, Ellen Roark, Carl Lee Hailey, Dr. Wilbert Rodeheaver, Judge Omar Noose, Harry Rex Vonner, Billy Ray Cobb, James Willard, Rufus Buckley, Bo Marsharfsky, Ollie Agee, Stump Sisson, Tonya Hailey, Clyde Sisco, Lucien Wilbanks, Wanda Womack
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Adult, Novels, Adult Fiction, Crime, Legal Thriller, Suspense
ratings_count: 790874
places: Clanton, Ford County, Mississippi
series: Jake Brigance
publisher: Doubleday