
Anatomy of a Murder
Robert Traver
1958

John Grisham · 1989
515 pages
Books like “A Time to Kill”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.
Courtroom Drama, Revenge, Morally Grey Character, Small Town Secrets
Content warnings: child sexual abuse, racial violence, murder