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      A Time to Kill

      by John Grisham
      Published
      Jan 1989
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      Legal Thriller Legal Thriller
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      515
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      Ford County Book 1
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      Jake Briggance Book 1

      About This Book

      Clanton, Mississippi The life of a ten-year-old girl is shuttered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle--and takes justice into his own outraged hands.

      For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as young defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client's life... and then his own....

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      Legal Thriller Thriller

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