A Time to Kill (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780385470810)

#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 any of John Grisham's gripping books featuring Jake Brigance:
A TIME TO KILL - SYCAMORE ROW - A TIME FOR MERCY - SPARRING PARTNERS

Author: John Grisham
ISBN-10: 0385470819
ISBN-13: 9780385470810
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Language: English
Published: 11/01/1993
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 23
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 17846 / Time to Kill

About the Author
John Grisham is the author of a collection of stories, a work of nonfiction, three sports novels, four kids' books, and many legal thrillers. His work has been translated into forty-two languages. He lives near Charlottesville, Virginia.