Sycamore Row: Jake Brigance, hero of A TIME TO KILL, is back

John Grisham

Oct 2013 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

A sequel to A TIME TO KILL

He will make them pay . . .

Jake Brigance has never met Seth Hubbard, or even heard of him, until the old man's suicide note names him attorney for his estate. The will is dynamite. Seth has left ninety per cent of his vast, secret fortune to his housemaid.

The vultures are circling even before the body is cold: the only subject more incendiary than money in Ford County is race, and this case has both.

AS the relatives contest the will, and unscrupulous lawyers hasten to benefit, Jake searches for answers to the many questions left by Seth Hubbard's death:

What made him write that last-minute will leaving everything to a poor black woman named Lettie Lang?

Why did he choose to kill himself on the desolate piece of land known as Sycamore Row?

And what was it that Seth and his brother witnessed as children that, in his words, 'no human should ever see'?

Praise for SYCAMORE ROW

'A gripping read' - Literary Review

'A fantastic book' - 5 STAR reader review

'Just as good [as A Time To Kill] . . . an excellent climax' - 5 STAR reader review

'Grisham at his best'- 5 STAR reader review


350+ million copies, 45 languages, 9 blockbuster films:
NO ONE WRITES DRAMA LIKE JOHN GRISHAM

Ratings and reviews

The plot is very thin and obvious most of the time. It provides a good insight into the procedural aspects of the American justice system. Some times it got boring and repeated already presented ideas, just as if you had dropped off the book for some months and where in need of a refresh. Even though it did not thrilled me, I have to say that it is well written.

This is another case for Jack Brigance and is a good story, however, it doesn't have the depth and heartache that flooded through the brilliant 'A Time To Kill'. It feels rushed as if it is just notes and ideas for a film before the real heart of the story has been thought through. Much as I love John Grisham books, this one has not moved me as I had hoped it would.

Could be better but I m guessing this was written a long time back and Mr. Grisham is now writing with a lot better formulation of suspense, surprise and spices. It would have been a great read in its times. A good book none the less.

About the author

Since The Firm in 1991, John Grisham has published a number one bestseller every year. His books have been translated into 45 languages and have sold over 350 million copies worldwide. Nine have been adapted to film, including The Firm, The Pelican Brief and A Time To Kill. His first work of non-fiction, The Innocent Man, was adapted into a six-part Netflix docuseries; his second, Framed, written with Jim McCloskey, highlights his work with the Innocence Project and Centurion Ministries, two national organisations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. He is the two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was distinguished with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction. John lives on a farm in central Virginia.