A Time to Kill: A Jake Brigance Novel
by By Grisham, John
Category: Fiction , Legal

Don’t miss a sneak peek of Sycamore Row, John Grisham’s new novel inspired by A Time to Kill, in the back of the book.The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young  men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with shock  and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle  and takes justice into his own outraged hands.  For ten days, as burning crosses  and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits  spellbound as young defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client’s  life–and then his own.