John Grisham like I love John Grisham is back with A Time for Mercy, in which Jake Brigance is once again the main character. This time he is tackling another justified killing if only the court would see it that way. Unfortunately, the victim was a deputy sheriff, and there’s not a lot of sympathy in Clanton, Mississippi, for the 16-year-old killer, his mother, and his sister.
Already extremely busy with a case involving wrongful death of a family that was killed in an auto vs train accident, Jake does not want another capital murder case. He agrees only because the judge wants him to take the case, and it is the same judge in the pending wrongful death suit. Once again Jake finds himself at odds with the town and especially law enforcement officers who support one of their own, even though many knew some unsavory things about the victim.
The ending of the book seems to leave the door open to a sequel, and fans of Grisham will hope so as we cannot get enough of Jake Brigance.
John Grisham, a lawyer, started his writing career in 1988 with A Time to Kill, in which he introduced Jake Brigance. Several of his books have been adapted for movies, and he has said he wants Matthew McConaughey to portray Jake once again. No once writes a better trial procedural than Grisham in this reviewer’s opinion.
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