A Time To Kill

A Time to Kill is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham, exploring themes of justice, race, and morality in the American South.

The story revolves around a young lawyer, Jake Brigance, who defends a black man, Carl Lee Hailey, accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter. The trial becomes a battleground for racial tensions and moral dilemmas in the small town of Clanton, Mississippi.