A Time to Kill is a 1989 legal thriller and debut novel by American author John Grisham. The novel was rejected by many publishers before Wynwood Press eventually gave it a 5,000-copy printing. When Doubleday published The Firm, Wynwood released a trade paperback of A Time to Kill, which became a bestseller. Dell published the mass market paperback months after the success of The Firm, bringing Grisham to widespread popularity among readers. Doubleday eventually took over the contract for A Time to Kill and released a special hardcover edition.
Also contained in: The Pelican Brief / A Time to Kill The Testament / A Time To Kill
Genres
- african american girls
- attorney and client
- capital murder
- capital punishment
- child sexual abuse
- crime fiction
- crimes against african american girls
- detective and mystery fiction
- detective and mystery stories
- disbarment
- district attorneys
- fiction
- homicide
- investigation
- ku klux clan
- lawyers
- legal fiction
- legal stories
- legal thriller
- literature
- m16 rifles
- murder
- murder trials
- mystery & detective fiction
- mystery fiction
- pro bono publico
- psychological fiction
- race relations
- revenge
- suspense fiction
- thriller
- thrillers
- trials (murder)
- vigilantes
- white supremacy
- Fiction, thrillers
- Fiction, suspense
- Mississippi, fiction
- Fiction, legal
- Crime, fiction
- Fiction, psychological
- Brigance, jake (fictitious character), fiction
- Lawyers, fiction
- Fiction, thrillers, general
- Fiction, thrillers, suspense
- Crimes against
- Race discrimination
- Filles noires américaines
- Romans, nouvelles
- Crimes contre
- Procès (Meurtre)
- Vengeance
- Discrimination raciale
- Fiction, general
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