A Time for Mercy

Jake Brigance, lawyer hero of A Time to Kill and Sycamore Row, is back, in his toughest case ever.<BR><BR> 'When Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating' Mirror<BR><BR>CAN A KILLER EVER BE ABOVE THE LAW?<BR><BR>Deputy Stuart Kofer is a protected man. Though he's turned his drunken rages on his girlfriend, Josie, and her children many times before, the police code of silence has always shielded him.<BR><BR>But one night he goes too far, leaving Josie for dead on the floor before passing out. Her son, sixteen-year-old Drew, knows he only has this one chance to save them. He picks up a gun and takes the law into his own hands.<BR><BR>In Clanton, Mississippi, there is no one more hated than a cop killer - but a cop killer's defence lawyer comes close. Jake Brigance doesn't want this impossible case but he's the only one with enough experience to defend the boy.<BR><BR>As the trial begins, it seems there is only one outcome: the gas chamber for Drew. But, as the town of Clanton discovers once again, when Jake Brigance takes on an impossible case, anything is possible ...<BR><BR>Starring the same hero and setting that featured in John Grisham's multi-million-selling bestsellers A Time to Kill (adapted as a film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Matthew McConaughey) and Sycamore Row, A Time for Mercy is an unforgettable thriller you won't be able to put down.<BR><BR>'A superb, instinctive storyteller' The Times<BR><BR>'Storytelling genius ... he is in a league of his own' Daily Record<BR><BR> 350+ million copies, 45 languages, 10 blockbuster films:<BR>NO ONE WRITES DRAMA LIKE JOHN GRISHAM