A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)
Recommended by The Secret Barrister, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #1 in John Grisham, Ranked #7 in Beach Reading — see more rankings.
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The Secret Barrister This was the holiday-reading book which, as a teenager, inspired me to pursue criminal law. The gritty reality of criminal practice is of course somewhat removed from the fictionalised ideal, and any lawyer acting in the way that our hero Jake Brigance does in securing a just outcome for his innocent client would have to deal with fairly serious professional consequences, but the underlying themes transcend time and realities. (Source)
Rankings by Category
A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1) is ranked in the following categories:
- #59 in Adult Mystery
- #78 in African
- #25 in Archives
- #58 in Author
- #48 in Candy
- #38 in Crime
- #37 in Crime Fiction
- #30 in Crime Mystery
- #22 in Crime Thriller
- #87 in Dad
- #42 in Fiction Crime
- #13 in Forensic Psychology
- #36 in Girl
- #9 in Law
- #11 in Lawyers
- #63 in Murder
- #38 in Mystery Crime
- #21 in Mystery Thrillers
- #58 in Page-Turner
- #9 in Pulp Fiction
- #42 in Racism
- #73 in Rated
- #37 in Revenge
- #51 in South
- #19 in Suspense
- #19 in Suspense Thriller
- #36 in Thriller
- #19 in Thriller Crime
- #85 in Thriller Mystery
- #29 in Thriller Suspense
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