A Time to Kill - John Grisham

A Time to Kill

By John Grisham

  • Release Date: 2004-03-15
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
4.5 Score: 4.5 (From 1,533 Ratings)

Description

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The master of the legal thriller probes the savage depths of racial violence in this searing courtroom drama featuring the beloved Jake Brigance.

“John Grisham may well be the best American storyteller writing today.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

The life of a ten-year-old black girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless white men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime—until the girl’s father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own hands.

For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client’s life—and then his own.

Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!

Reviews

  • One of the very best!

    5
    By G'Dad12
    This story is one of the best, great plot and characters and written to perfection, going to be hard to top this one. Start it and you cannot put it down!

  • Excellent Read

    5
    By JustJenV
    I loved the suspense involved in this book, John Grisham is a wonderful writer! Mississippi is one of the last states to look at Black people as less than White’s and Grisham’s book focuses on this concept, but you are able to see different. This is a wonderful book, and the movie was really great too, it touched on the whole concept of the book!

  • Perfect title

    5
    By STompkins66
    Excellent read!

  • None better

    5
    By locopenhagen
    This book is the one that got me hooked on reading novels.

  • A time to kill

    5
    By tinguaro1221
    Great novel, depicting the racism and injustices that black people have lived through.

  • Amazing

    5
    By amboothe12
    I absolutely loved reading this book!!! I had read it back in high school, but never got to the end. Reading it again as an adult was so enjoyable! I would read it again and again and again! Absolutely top 5 favorite books!

  • A Time to Kill

    5
    By Maby T
    Suspense all the way through. Surprise throughout the book.

  • Exciting

    5
    By deenlos
    Another great story from Grisham. I was glued to the book until the very end. The suspense was intense.

  • Great read!

    5
    By GF Texas
    Wow! What a story!

  • Awesome read

    5
    By Gladys CPA
    Loved it

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