{"product_id":"9781529342369","title":"A Time for Mercy : John Grisham's No. 1 Bestseller","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Grisham, John \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eUnclassified\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 8 July 2021 by Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton (Hodder Paperback) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 480 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 196 x 36 | 330g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***Jake Brigance, lawyer hero of A Time to Kill and Sycamore Row, is back, in his toughest case ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A new Grisham legal thriller is always an event, but this one is exceptional as the author is returning to Jake Brigance, the hero of his very first book, A Time To Kill . . . There is a lot of Grisham in Brigance - they were both street lawyers on the side of the people, not big corporations. It gives the book an emotional core that burns with a white heat' - Daily Mail'A master of plotting and pacing . . . suspenseful' - New York TimesCAN A KILLER EVER BE ABOVE THE LAW?Deputy Stuart Kofer is a protected man. Though he's turned his drunken rages on his girlfriend, Josie, and her children many times before, the police code of silence has always shielded him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut one night he goes too far, leaving Josie for dead on the floor before passing out. Her son, sixteen-year-old Drew, knows he only has this one chance to save them. He picks up a gun and takes the law into his own hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Clanton, Mississippi, there is no one more hated than a cop killer - but a cop killer's defence lawyer comes close. Jake Brigance doesn't want this impossible case but he's the only one with enough experience to defend the boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the trial begins, it seems there is only one outcome: the gas chamber for Drew. But, as the town of Clanton discovers once again, when Jake Brigance takes on an impossible case, anything is possible ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarring the same hero and setting that featured in John Grisham's multi-million-selling bestsellers A Time to Kill (adapted as a film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Matthew McConaughey) and Sycamore Row, A Time for Mercy is an unforgettable thriller you won't be able to put down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'When Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating' Mirror'A superb, instinctive storyteller' The Times'Storytelling genius ... he is in a league of his own' Daily Record 350+ million copies, 45 languages, 10 blockbuster films:NO ONE WRITES DRAMA LIKE JOHN GRISHAM\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41665013448891,"sku":"9781529342369","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781529342369.jpg?v=1713537698","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9781529342369","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}