![]() ![]() While Grisham is well known for his convoluted story lines, it’s the characters that are the highlights in this book. ![]() Brigance, to the bitter end.” Part of this fight is to prove in front of a semi-partial jury that Seth was in ‘testamentary capacity’ when he wrote his will. But nevertheless, Jake has his marching orders as the letter specifically says “Fight them, Mr. The fact that Seth left 90 percent of his estate to his African-American caretaker/housekeeper Lettie, while leaving out both his son Herschel and daughter Ramona (and his ex-wife), is not helping the case either. The complication is that Seth, who was dying of lung cancer, hanged himself from a sycamore tree just 36 hours ago. On a Monday morning, Jake arrives at his office to find a letter and hand written will from local businessman and loner Seth Hubbard in his mail. Jake is living in a rented house with his family as their house was burned down by the Ku Klux Klan during the Hailey trials, and his insurance claims have been fruitless as he realised that they were seriously underinsured. ![]() The story starts three years after the famous Hailey trials which made Jake Brigance, a street lawyer/court brawler a house hold name in Clanton. The book is a surprise in terms of characters and fluidity of narration, which would suffice for both Grisham fans and new comers to the legal thriller genre. John Grisham is back, and this time with a sequel to his first and most popular book A Time to Kill(1989). ![]()
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