A Time to Kill

By John Grisham

Book Number 1 in the Jake Brigance Series.

A black girl is raped by two drunken rednecks. The town reacts with horror until the girl’s father takes justice into his own hands. He kills the two whites on their way to jail. For days the nation sits spellbound as the defence lawyer struggles to save his client’s life and then his own.

First Published: 1989

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This book is in the following genres: Crime, Legal, Suspense, Thriller

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