num_pages: 487
description: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The master of the legal thriller probes the savage depths of racial violence in this searing courtroom drama featuring the beloved Jake Brigance.“John Grisham may well be the best American storyteller writing today.”— The Philadelphia InquirerThe life of a ten-year-old black girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless white men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime—until the girl’s father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own hands.For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client’s life—and then his own.Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE AFTER THE FIRM, coming soon!
language: English
title: A Time to Kill
titlecomplete: A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)
characters: Freddy Cobb, Dr. W.T. Bass, Ellen Roark, Lucien Wilbanks, Wanda Womack, DeWayne Looney, Carl Lee Hailey, Ethel Twitty, Ozzie Walls, Stump Sisson, Rufus Buckley, Dr. Wilbert Rodeheaver, James Willard, Tonya Hailey, Billy Ray Cobb, Jake Brigance, Bo Marsharfsky, Ollie Agee, Mickey Mouse (A Time to Kill), Clyde Sisco, Mack Loyd Crowell, Judge Omar Noose, Harry Rex Vonner
genres: Suspense, Crime, Adult, Novels, Thriller, Fiction, Legal Thriller, Adult Fiction, Mystery, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 790985
places: Clanton, Ford County, Mississippi
series: Jake Brigance
publisher: Doubleday