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A Time for Mercy. A Time for Mercy, a legal thriller novel by American author John Grisham, is the sequel to A Time to Kill (his first novel, published in 1989) and Sycamore Row (published in 2013). The latest book features the return of the character Jake Brigance, a small-town Mississippi lawyer who takes on difficult cases.
- John Grisham
- 2020
Oct 13, 2020 · A Time for Mercy. John Grisham. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Oct 13, 2020 - Fiction - 480 pages. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 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 The New York Times says is "riveting" and "suspenseful." Clanton, Mississippi. 1990.
- 0385545975, 9780385545976
- John Grisham
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2020
Award-winning and bestselling author John Grisham published A Time for Mercy, the third book in the landmark Jake Brigance series, in 2020. It follows A Time to Kill (1989) and Sycamore Row (2013), both of which use an unpopular defendant and divided juries, as does A Time for Mercy. This novel takes place in 1990 in northern Mississippi. Jake ...
Oct 13, 2020 · 4.29. 90,298 ratings6,805 reviews. Clanton, Mississippi. 1990. 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. Many in Clanton want a swift trial and the death penalty, but Brigance digs in and discovers that ...
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The hero of A Time to Kill, one of the most popular novels of our time, returns in a courtroom drama that The New York Times says is "riveting" and "suspenseful." Clanton, Mississippi. 1990. 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. Jake Brigance, the novel’s protagonist, is a 37-year-old lawyer who cares about his reputation and wants to be known for taking risks and winning difficult court trials. He is six feet tall and has a receding hairline. He lives in a large, historical house a few blocks from Clanton’s town square with his wife, Carla, and his ...
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The result is a richly rewarding novel that is both timely and timeless, full of wit, drama, and—most of all—heart. Bursting with all the courthouse scheming, small-town intrigue, and stunning plot twists that have become the hallmarks of the master of the legal thriller, A Time for Mercy is John Grisham’s most powerful courtroom drama ...
