The high-profile murder trial that follows, however, doesn’t live up to the promise of the book’s harrowing opening: the prosecuting attorney proves a weak opponent for Brigance, and the tepid courtroom proceedings fail to engage. A Time for Mercy Written by: John Grisham Read by: Michael Beck Synopsis Praise 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 courtroom drama that The New York Times says is 'riveting' and 'suspenseful.' Clanton, Mississippi. As Brigance prepares his case, he learns a secret that he hopes will bolster his chances in court.

A searing courtroom drama examining racial violence in the deep South Clanton, Mississippi it eventually became one of the most popular novels of all time. A judge taps Brigance to defend Drew after the teenager is charged with intentional homicide. Book Review: A Time for Mercy Synopsis: It all began with A Time to Kill, the first novel bestselling author John Grisham penned. After dialing 911 to report Josie’s murder, Drew takes the sleeping lawman’s service weapon and shoots him in the head. Josie’s 16-year-old son, Drew, believes his unresponsive mother is dead, and fears Kofer will attack Kiera. Jake Brigance, lawyer hero of A Time to Kill and Sycamore Row, is back, in his toughest case ever. Kofer falls asleep after a half-hearted attempt to break into the room of Josie’s 14-year-old daughter, Kiera, whom he has sexually abused. From the author of A Time to Kill, the third instalment in Grishams series featuring defence lawyer Jake Brigance explores a chilling case of patricide and the police code of silence.

In a drunken rage, Kofer falsely accuses Josie of infidelity, and knocks her unconscious. At the start of bestseller Grisham’s disappointing third outing for attorney Jake Brigance (after 2013’s Sycamore Row), deputy sheriff Stu Kofer comes home one night in 1990 to the isolated house outside Clanton, Miss., he shares with his lover, Josie.

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