A Time To Kill

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John Grishams first and most shocking novel, adapted as a film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Matthew McConaughey

When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the violent racists who raped his ten-year-old daughter, the people of the small town of Clanton, Mississippi see it as justice done, and call for his acquittal.

But when extremists outside Clanton - including the KKK - hear that a black man has killed two white men, they invade the town, determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes their sense of justice. A national media circus descends on Clanton.

As tensions mount, Hailey hires the inexperienced Jake Brigance to defend him. Its the kind of case that could make a young lawyers career.

But its also the kind of case that could get a young lawyer killed.

The original, epoch-defining Jake Brigance novel. Brigance returns in Sycamore Row and A Time For Mercy.
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PRAISE FOR JOHN GRISHAM . . .

A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendosIrish Independent

John Grisham is the master of legal fictionJodi Picoult

The best thriller writer aliveKen Follett

John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillersTelegraph

Grisham is a superb, instinctive storytellerThe Times

Grishams storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his ownDaily Record

Masterful - when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real theyre not just alive, theyre pulsatingMirror

A giant of the thriller genreTimeOut