Title: A Time to Kill
Description: A Time to Kill is a 1989 legal thriller and debut novel by American author John Grisham. The novel was rejected by many publishers before Wynwood Press eventually gave it a 5,000-copy printing. When Doubleday published The Firm, Wynwood released a trade paperback of A Time to Kill, which became a bestseller. Dell published the mass market paperback months after the success of The Firm, bringing Grisham to widespread popularity among readers. Doubleday eventually took over the contract for A Time to Kill and released a special hardcover edition.


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Also contained in:
[The Pelican Brief / A Time to Kill](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24697402W)
[The Testament / A Time To Kill](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20639558W)
Subjects: african american girls, attorney and client, capital murder, capital punishment, child sexual abuse, crime fiction, crimes against african american girls, detective and mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories, disbarment, district attorneys, fiction, homicide, investigation, ku klux clan, lawyers, legal fiction, legal stories, legal thriller, literature, m16 rifles, murder, murder trials, mystery & detective fiction, mystery fiction, pro bono publico, psychological fiction, race relations, revenge, suspense fiction, thriller, thrillers, trials (murder), vigilantes, white supremacy, Fiction, thrillers, Fiction, suspense, Mississippi, fiction, Fiction, legal, Crime, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Brigance, jake (fictitious character), fiction, Lawyers, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Crimes against, Race discrimination, Filles noires américaines, Romans, nouvelles, Crimes contre, Procès (Meurtre), Vengeance, Discrimination raciale, Fiction, general
Places: Mississippi, Clinton (Miss.), Clanton (Miss.), Clanton, America, Ford County
People: Jake Brigance, Billy Ray Cobb, Tonya Hailey, James Willard, Carl Lee Hailey, Lucien Wilbanks, Harry Rex Vonner, Ellen Roark, Stump Sisson, Ethel Twitty, Bud Twitty, Mickey Mouse, Omar Noose, Ozzie Walls
Time periods: 1980s