In A Time to Kill, John Grisham's first novel, Jake Brigance defended Carl Lee Hailey, who gunned down two men who sexually brutalized his 10-year-old daughter. The trial was about racism as much as ...

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Jul. 16—John Grisham books can be disappointing. Not all of them but some. Others are satisfying. Even great reads. So satisfying that Grisham fans keep coming back for his new titles even after a ...

Looking back over 31 years of a meteoric writing career that ranks him as one of the most successful writers on the planet, novelist John Grisham’s flawed hero from his very first novel might well be ...

Before hanging himself, Seth Hubbard sent a letter to his lawyer explaining his actions and wrote a new will that cut out his family and left 90 percent of his estate to his black housekeeper. This ...

Small-town Southern lawyer Jake Brigance is having his moment. Again. The hero of John Grisham‘s best-selling novel ever, “A Time to Kill,” played by Matthew McConaughey in the movie, is appearing ...

A lot happens in John Grisham’s legal thriller “A Time to Kill,” in which small-town lawyer Jake Brigance takes on a seemingly doomed client. Jake overcomes one obstacle after another to boost his ...

Matthew McConaughey is attached to star in a series for HBO based on “A Time for Mercy,” John Grisham’s follow-up to “A Time to Kill” (via Variety). The 1996 film version of “A Time to Kill” starred ...

New York Times best-selling author John Grisham has a soft spot for independent bookstores. “When I broke in 30 years ago, there were far more indies and they were crucial to the success of any debut ...

A Time for Mercy is set to be a 10 episode limited series. The book just came out in 2020 so it’s still too early for spoilers, but here are a few things we would love to see in the sequel to A Time ...