A Time for Mercy - Grisham, John

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Résumé :
Jake Brigance, lawyer hero of A Time to Kill and Sycamore Row, is back, in his toughest case ever,

'A new Grisham legal thriller is always an event, but this one is exceptional as the author is returning to Jake Brigance, the hero of his very first book, A Time To Kill , , , There is a lot of Grisham in Brigance - they were both street lawyers on the side of the people, not big corporations, It gives the book an emotional core that burns with a white heat' - Daily Mail

'A master of plotting and pacing , , , suspenseful' - New York Times

CAN A KILLER EVER BE ABOVE THE LAW?<,font>

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,

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,

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,

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 ,,,

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,

'When Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating' Mirror

'A superb, instinctive storyteller' The Times

'Storytelling genius ,,, he is in a league of his own' Daily Record

350+ million copies, 45 languages, 9 blockbuster films:
NO ONE WRITES DRAMA LIKE JOHN GRISHAM<,font>

Biographie:

Since The Firm in 1991, John Grisham has published a number one bestseller every year. His books have been translated into 45 languages and have sold over 350 million copies worldwide. Nine have been adapted to film, including The Firm, The Pelican Brief and A Time To Kill.

His first work of non-fiction, The Innocent Man, was adapted into a six-part Netflix docuseries...

Sommaire:

Jake Brigance, lawyer hero of A Time to Kill and Sycamore Row, is back in his toughest case yet.

A COMMUNITY SEEKING JUSTICE. A LAWYER FIGHTING FOR TRUTH.

Drew Gamble is a teenage cop killer.

He's now the most hated person in Clanton, Mississippi. He's adamant he shot the officer in self-defence. The town believes it was murder.

Everyone expects him to be sentenced to death. It falls to Clanton's most famous lawyer, Jake Brigance, to defend Drew against impossible odds.

And anything can happen when Jake Brigance is on the defence.

?350+ million copies, 45 languages, 10 blockbuster films: JOHN GRISHAM IS THE MASTER OF THE LEGAL THRILLER?

Readers love A Time for Mercy:

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'Grisham is the king of trial plots' ? ? ? ? ?
'You've just got to keep reading' ? ? ? ? ?
'Grisham at his best' ? ? ? ? ?