Sycamore Row
The edge-of-your-seat courtroom drama from the number 1 Sunday Times bestselling author
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4.4 • 949 Ratings
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Publisher Description
SOME CRIMES CAN NEVER BE FORGIVEN.
Seth Hubbard has waited a long time for revenge.
He was haunted his entire life by something terrible he saw as a child: and now he's dead, he's not going to let the past die with him.
Disinheriting his wives and children, he has left his vast, secret fortune to his housemaid and appointed Clanton's famous lawyer, Jake Brigance, to uphold his last request.
Now Jake must defend the will - whatever the cost...
💥350+ million copies, 45 languages, 10 blockbuster films: JOHN GRISHAM IS THE MASTER OF THE LEGAL THRILLER💥
Reader reviews of Sycamore Row:
'The writing and pace are flawless' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'An excellent courtroom drama'⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Brilliantly written'⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Outstanding'⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'A must read!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Why would a dying white American man leave over $20 million to his black maid, not his family and assumed heirs? Sycamore Row revisits the characters of A Time to Kill, but it's a full package that works perfectly as a standalone novel. An explosive drama set in Mississippi in the ‘80s, John Grisham's novel paints an unsettling portrait of race relations, with the added stains of bad familial blood, small-town gossip and greed. And of course, being a Grisham book, the novel’s rich with courtroom intrigue and vivid cultural references that show off his Southern roots.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Narrator Beck turns in a fine performance in this audio version of Grisham's outstanding sequel to the classic courtroom drama A Time to Kill. It's 1988 and Clayton, Miss based lawyer Jake Brigance receives a handwritten will from the recently deceased Seth Hubbard that leaves the majority of his estate roughly $20 million to his African-American maid, thus disinheriting his own children. Along with the will is a letter from Hubbard instructing Brigance to defend his last wishes at all costs. With millions on the line, the Hubbard family aggressively contests the old man's will, throwing Brigance into a trial full of twists and turns. Beck's gentle accented reading skillfully captures the old-world, Southern tone of Grisham's novel. Beck also keeps the story moving at a good pace and infuses each character with a distinctive regional voice. A Doubleday hardcover.
Customer Reviews
Trials and retributions
What makes this book best of all are the details of all of those who spend most of their life in the legal profession.
From the wealthiest to the newbies and from the cities to the small towns.
The case doesn’t lack elements of suspense . In particular when the life of the accused are at stake. It is like opening the pages of an unusual graphic novel. So many places, so many lawyers and so many ways. A story to learn from and a way to become aware of the endless tactics to be used in courts.
Amazing unstoppable read
I’d thought at first how interesting could litigations over a will actually be. But how wrong was I , again in true court room style this book had it all . Great lawyers who we’ve come to love , twists and turns with a good amount of humour whilst covering a very delicate subject of racism in the Deep South many years ago . The ending was tearfully happy . This was the one book I chose last to read going of it’s description but which I found sad to finish . Highly recommended really wish there where more set in Ford county with Jake and the rest of the town I do throughly enjoy them
Edge of the seat legal thriller
Really good if slightly long. Well worth your time.