Audiobook Review There are good authors very good authors exceptional authors and then above them all there is Grisham When supported by a narrator with the abilities that Michael Beck brings the finished product is as close to perfect as you can get 988 Started reading this book it was different from what i usually read maybe that why i didn t enjoy it Has a lot to do with racism and if theres anything i hate is reading about racism too depressing and boring for my taste 988 good 988 My favorite Grisham book yet 988 I liked the character Harry Rex played in this novel I won t rate it 5 stars because I had read better novels by Grisham Descriptions were vivid and dialogues were well put forth in courthouse Closing argument by Jake wasn t that good as it should be Anyways reading is rich with vocabulary 988 When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the hoodlums who have raped his ten year old child the people of Clanton see it as a crime of blood and call for his acquittal But when extremists outside Clanton hear that a black man has killed two white men they invade the town determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes their sense of justice Jake Brigance has been hired to defend Hailey It s the kind of case that can make or break a young lawyer But in the maelstrom of Clanton it is also the kind of case that could get a young lawyer killed The best thriller writer alive Ken Follett Evening Standard The Testament A Time to KillJohn Grisham is the author of forty nine consecutive 1 bestsellers which have been translated into nearly fifty languages His recent books include The Judges List Sooley and his third Jake Brigance novel A Time for Mercy which is being developed by HBO as a limited series Grisham is a two time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction When hes not writing Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted Much of his fiction explores deep seated problems in our criminal justice system John lives on a fa John Grisham is the author of forty nine consecutive 1 bestsellers which have been translated into nearly fifty languages His recent books include The Judge s List Sooley and his third Jake Brigance novel A Time for Mercy which is being developed by HBO as a limited series Grisham is a two time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction When he s not writing Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted Much of his fiction explores deep seated problems in our criminal justice system John lives on a farm in central Virginia site_link Excellent Read 988 There have been many John Grisham books that have interested me but it wasn t until I got my names on The Testament and A Time to Kill omnibus that I finally jumped into his work After doing so I ll certainly be reading . The Testament was an interesting read albeit a bit slow in places It s one that had me turning the pages to see how the pieces came together desperate for answers as to how everything would play out I worked out some details but I still enjoyed watching things develop A Time to Kill is considered Grisham s best work by many and I wasn t disappointed It was also a bit slow in places but the plot kept me than interested I was gripped on all the elements and was invested in how things played out I would have like a wee bit emotion from it the story was impossible to put down. Both were solid four star ratings ensuring I ll be back for 988 I haven t read A Time To Kill yet but i have read The Testament and it is a wonderful book It is full of twists and turn that leave you on the edge of your seat and you can t stop till you have finished it 988 I was introduced to John Grisham back in 2015 undertaking the legal english paper at the first year of law school Naivity had prominence so neither did I read this book for assignment nor did I appreciate the confluence of law and literature However over last few years thankfully sense of sainity has prevailed probably due to my growing interest in writing and i began finding law everywhere especially literature This book wasn t easy even then for me to read I remember starting to read this in October 2021 but somehow lost hold of it In February this year i resolved to complete reading all of my old books and picked this one A time to kill is an emotionally draining courtroom drama revolving around henious rape and consequential homicide in Clanton Southern part of the USA with distrubing history of racial voilence It takes us to several moral legal dilemma such as The young lawyer s quest to save Carl Lee hailey a father s duty The Jury s decision surrounding racial politics all deciding the fate of crime A great courtroom drama read A book i should have read way back 3 5 988 Good bookbut not for everyone seriously violent scene in the first chapter and use of the N word than I ve ever seen 988