John Grisham · series
Jake Brigance books in order
Legal fiction featuring Mississippi lawyer Jake Brigance.
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- 1 A Time to Kill
Book 1 · novel · 1989
The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an…
- 2 Sycamore Row
Book 2 · novel · 2013
Seth Hubbard is a wealthy man dying of lung cancer. He trusts no one. Before he hangs himself from a sycamore tree, Hubbard leaves a new, handwritten, will. It is an act that drags his adult children, his black maid, and Jake into a…
- 3 A Time for Mercy
Book 3 · novel · 2020
***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** 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…


