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A Time for Mercy: A Jake Brigance Novel

John Grisham

The New York Times Best Seller
2021 The New York Times Best Seller
#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 "riveting" (The New York Times) courtroom drama from "the best thriller writer alive" (Ken Follett).

There is a time to kill and a time for justice. Now comes A Time for Mercy.

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 there is more to the story than meets the eye. Jake's fierce commitment to saving Drew from the gas chamber puts his career, his financial security, and the safety of his family on the line.

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 a richly rewarding novel that is both timely and timeless, full of wit, drama, and--most of all--heart.

Look for all of John Grisham's gripping Jake Brigance novels:
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Book Details

  • Publisher: Anchor Books
  • Publish Date: Jun 29th, 2021
  • Pages: 480
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.25in - 1.00in - 0.75lb
  • EAN: 9780593157824
  • Categories: Thrillers - SuspenseLegalThrillers - Legal

About the Author

John Grisham is the author of numerous #1 bestsellers, including The Firm, A Time to Kill, The Rainmaker, The Innocent Man, The Whistler, The Boys from Biloxi, and many more. His books have been translated into nearly fifty languages. Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction. Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system. He lives on a farm in central Virginia.

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Praise for this book

"[John Grisham] has returned to the place closest to his heart. . . . The trial is riveting. . . . It's striking how suspenseful the story is . . . how much we're gripped by the small details."--Sarah Lyall, The New York Times

"Textbook Grisham--and that's a compliment . . . a briskly paced legal drama, with just the right amount of suspense, conflict, plot twists, [and] courtroom theatrics."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"A fine example of [Grisham's] well-honed skillat hooking readers right into a story."--Tampa Bay Times