______________________________THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLERJohn Grisham’s first and most shocking novel, adapted as a film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Matthew McConaugheyWhen Carl Lee Hailey guns down the violent racists who raped his ten-year-old daughter, the people of the small town of Clanton, Mississippi see it as justice done, and call for his acquittal.But when extremists outside Clanton – including the KKK – hear that a black man has killed two white men, they invade the town, determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes their sense of justice. A national media circus descends on Clanton.As tensions mount, Hailey hires the inexperienced Jake Brigance to defend him. It’s the kind of case that could make a young lawyer’s career.But it’s also the kind of case that could get a young lawyer killed.______________________________The original, epoch-defining Jake Brigance novel. Brigance returns inSYCAMORE ROWandA TIME FOR MERCY.______________________________’A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos’-Irish Independent’John Grisham is the master of legal fiction’- Jodi Picoult’The best thriller writer alive’- Ken Follett’John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers’-Telegraph’Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller’-The Times’Grisham’s storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.’-Daily Record’Masterful – when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they’re not just alive, they’re pulsating’-Mirror’A giant of the thriller genre’-TimeOut