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Jake Brigance, the famed lawyer of the "A Time to Kill" case, faces a fresh legal battle when a dying businessman, Seth Hubbard, leaves a second will that betrays all expectations. The document, written just before Hubbard’s suicide, designates an unexpected heir and raises questions about his mental state, the role of his black maid, and a mysterious tract of land known as Sycamore Row. Amid the collapse of societal divides and a grizzled legal narrative, Brigance must navigate family dynamics, potential fraud, and the fraught history of Ford County to resolve a case that tests his principles and the very fabric of his community.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Thriller/Legal Thriller
Authors: John Grisham
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