TIME FOR MERCY

Jake Brigance, lawyer hero of 'A Time to Kill' and 'Sycamore Row' is back in his toughest case yet. A community seeking justice. A lawyer fighting for truth. Drew Gamble is a teenage cop killer. He's now the most hated person in Clanton, Mississippi. He's adamant he shot the officer in self-defence, but the town believes it was murder. Everyone expects him to be sentenced to death and it falls to Clanton's most famous lawyer, Jake Brigance, to defend Drew against impossible odds. Anything can happen when Jake is on the defence. 'A real lawyer is not afraid of unpopular cases.' Drew is just 16 years old when charged with the murder of his mother's boyfriend who also happens to be a police officer. Each of the story's characters face an ethical challenge over whether the killing was justified or not when the young killer, his 14 year old sister and his mother had lived in fear of the deceased policeman who had a drink problem and would often physically and violently abuse them. Written by the master of plotting and pacing. 464 page paperback.