A Time for Mercy

The addictive courtroom drama from the number 1 Sunday Times bestselling author

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<p><i>Jake Brigance, lawyer hero of A Time to Kill and Sycamore Row, is back, in his toughest case ever.</i><br><br> <b>'When Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating' </b><i>Mirror</i><br><br><b>CAN A KILLER EVER BE ABOVE THE LAW?</b><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><b>Starring the same hero and setting that featured in John Grisham's multi-million-selling bestsellers <i>A Time to Kill</i> (adapted as a film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Matthew McConaughey</b>) <b>and <i>Sycamore Row</i>, <i>A Time for Mercy</i> is an unforgettable thriller you won't be able to put down.</b><br><br><b>'A superb, instinctive storyteller' </b><i>The Times</i><br><br><b>'Storytelling genius ... he is in a league of his own'</b> <i>Daily Record</i><br><br> <b>350+ million</b> copies, <b>45</b> languages, <b>10</b> blockbuster films:<br>NO ONE WRITES DRAMA LIKE JOHN GRISHAM</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781529349917

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

180 x 112 x 45 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Verlag / Hersteller

Hodder Children's Books