Book Series Guide

John Grisham · series

Jake Brigance books in order

Legal fiction featuring Mississippi lawyer Jake Brigance.

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  1. 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. 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. 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…