A Time to Kill

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ΓÇó The master of the legal thriller probes the savage depths of racial violence in this searing courtroom drama featuring the beloved Jake Brigance. ΓÇ£John Grisham may well be the best American storyteller writing today.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöThe Philadelphia Inquirer The 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,Mississippireacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crimeΓÇöuntil the girlΓÇÖs father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own hands. For ten daysas burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clantonthe nation sits spellbound as defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his clientΓÇÖs lifeΓÇöand then his own. DonΓÇÖt miss John GrishamΓÇÖs new bookTHE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!