by John Grisham
First published 2013
Wealthy Seth Hubbard is dying of cancer. Before he hangs himself, he leaves a surprising new will, bequeathing his fortune to his black maid. This shocking decision drags attorney Jake Brigance into a fiery clash of race, family, and justice in the same small Mississippi town where his career-defining murder trial took place. As old wounds are reopened, Brigance must unravel the truth behind Hubbard's motives and final wishes before a verdict is reached.
Genres: fiction, mystery, contemporary, legal-thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Mississippi
447 pages · Hardcover · Doubleday