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A Time to Kill

John Grisham · 1989

515 pages

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In Clanton, Mississippi, a Black father shoots the two men who attacked his young daughter and hires a young white lawyer to defend him. The town splits along racial lines as the murder trial approaches, with the Ku Klux Klan threatening the defense team and the jury.

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Courtroom Drama, Revenge, Morally Grey Character, Small Town Secrets

Content warnings: child sexual abuse, racial violence, murder

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