A Time to Kill is the name of a legal suspense thriller authored by John Grisham in 1989. Grisham's first novel, it was rejected by many publishers before Wynwood Press eventually gave it a modest 5,000-copy printing. After The Firm, The Pelican Brief, and The Client became bestsellers, interest in A Time to Kill grew, the book was republished by Doubleday in hardcover and then by Dell Publishing in paperback, and became a bestseller as well. Time to Kill or A Time to Kill may refer to: Time to Kill, the working title of Bangkok Dangerous (2007 film), written and directed by the Pang Brothers and starring Nicolas Cage. ... A Time to Kill is the name of a 1996 feature film adaptation of the 1989 legal thriller A Time to Kill by John Grisham, author of such novels as The Rain Maker, The King of Tourts and his major work of art, The Street Lawyer. The movie was a... John Ray Grisham Jr. ... For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The legal thriller is a sub-genre of the detective story in which the major characters are lawyers and their employees. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... “ISBN” redirects here. ... The legal thriller is a sub-genre of the detective story in which the major characters are lawyers and their employees. ... John Ray Grisham Jr. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... The Firm is a 1991 legal thriller and the second novel by John Grisham. ... The Pelican Brief is a legal/suspense thriller written by John Grisham in 1992. ... The Client movie poster The Client (1994) is a legal thriller written by American author John Grisham, set in Memphis, Tennessee. ... It has been suggested that The Crime Club be merged into this article or section. ... Dell Publishing was an American publisher of books, magazines, and comic books. ...

Setting

The story takes place in the fictional town of Clanton, Mississippi, a small northern Mississippi town. Clanton, Mississippi is a fictional town in Mississippi, a state of the United States. ...

Plot summary

The story revolves around a small Mississippi town where a young black girl is raped and beaten by two white men. Her father, Carl Lee Hailey, distraught and seeking vengeance, guns down the two men involved in the courthouse when it seems they are going to get off on a lesser charge. Local lawyer Jake Brigance works to defend Hailey in the midst of growing racial tensions that threaten to break out into a full-fledged race riot, involving the Ku Klux Klan, National Guard and local citizens locked in a bloody battle on the streets of Clanton. Jake Brigance receives help from his old lawyer friend/landlord, Lucien Wilbanks, a hard-hitting divorce lawyer, Harry Rex Vonner and his new free working secretary from New England, Ellen Roark. The story ends with the jury unanimously deciding on a "not guilty" verdict after a juror suggests the jury flip races of the victim. Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ...

External links

• John Grisham's official website