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  1. Oct 13, 2020 · An Amazon Best Book of October 2020: When a teenager shoots his stepfather at close range, many of the residents of Clanton, MS believe he should get the death penalty for killing a deputy. It’ll be up to Jake Brigance to take on the case that no other lawyer wants.

  2. Oct 13, 2020 · 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.

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  3. 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 Grishams most powerful courtroom drama yet.

  4. Oct 13, 2020 · An Amazon Best Book of October 2020: When a teenager shoots his stepfather at close range, many of the residents of Clanton, MS believe he should get the death penalty for killing a deputy. It’ll be up to Jake Brigance to take on the case that no other lawyer wants.

    • John Grisham
    • $16
    • Doubleday
  5. 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
  6. John Grisham is well known as bringing the Deep South in context. He is also known for legal and courtroom thrillers where questions of truth and lies, justice and practicality are constantly drawn out. A Time for Mercy really is one of his best courtroom thrillers, bringing back Ford County, Jake Brigance and his usual associates.

    • John Grisham
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  8. 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.

    • John Grisham
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