This was my first John Grisham book and a year later, I was also introduced the young and hot Texan Matthew delicious McConaughey with his blonde curls who was playing Jake Brigance, the heroic lawyer who has saved Carl Lee Hailey (for the love of Samuel L. I still remember the day I bought “a time to kill” because of high recommendation of bookstore salesman when I insisted I was something addictive and unputdownable! I was young, dumb high school wannabe, not so picky and tough reader! I was enjoying to be introduced to new authors. Hell yeah! My wishes came true! Matthew McConaughey will reprise his role as Jake Brigance for HBO limited series! He’s back!🥳 There is a time to kill, a time for justice, and A TIME FOR MERCY. Jake’s commitment to the truth puts his career and the safety of his family at risk.įilled with all the courtroom machinations, small-town intrigues, and plot twists that have become the hallmarks of the master of the legal thriller, A Time for Mercy emphatically confirms John Grisham's reputation as America's favorite storyteller. Once he learns the details of the case, he realizes he has to do everything he can to save Drew-who is sixteen. Many in Clanton want a swift trial and the death penalty, but Brigance sees it another way. Now, in A Time for Mercy, Jake is the court-appointed lawyer for Drew Gamble, a young man accused of murdering a local deputy.

It established Jake as a classic American hero-a lawyer who seeks truth and justice at all costs, even when his life and reputation are on the line.īrigance returned in 2013’s Sycamore Row, in which he once again found himself embroiled in a deeply divisive trial. This time he's at the epicenter of a sensational murder trial that bitterly divides the citizens of Clanton, Mississippi.Ī Time to Kill is one of the most popular novels of our time. Jake Brigance, the protagonist of A Time to Kill, John Grisham’s classic legal thriller is back.

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