Sycamore row / John Grisham.
In this novel the author takes you back to where it all began in A Time to Kill. Now we return to that famous courthouse in Clanton as Jake Brigance once again finds himself embroiled in a fiercely controversial trial; a trial that will expose old racial tensions and force Ford County to confront its tortured history. Seth Hubbard is a wealthy man dying of lung cancer. He trusts no one. Before he hangs himself from a sycamore tree, Hubbard leaves a new, handwritten, will. It is an act that drags his adult children, his black maid, and Jake into a conflict as riveting and dramatic as the murder trial that made Brigance one of Ford County's most notorious citizens, just three years earlier. The second will raises far more questions than it answers. Why would Hubbard leave nearly all of his fortune to his maid? Had chemotherapy and painkillers affected his ability to think clearly? And what does it all have to do with a piece of land once known as Sycamore Row?
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385537131
- ISBN: 0385537131
- ISBN: 9780553393613
- ISBN: 0553393618
- ISBN: 9780345543240
- Physical Description: 447 pages ; 25 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2013]
- Copyright: ©2013
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- General Note:
- Sequel to: A time to kill.
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- 142 of 156 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 2 of 3 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC GRISHAM (Text) | 36015000233557 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Richlands Branch Library | FIC GRISHAM (Text) | 36015001311725 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | FIC GRISHAM (Text) | 36015000795290 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 08/08/2026 |
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In this novel the author takes you back to where it all began in A Time to Kill. Now we return to that famous courthouse in Clanton as Jake Brigance once again finds himself embroiled in a fiercely controversial trial; a trial that will expose old racial tensions and force Ford County to confront its tortured history. Seth Hubbard is a wealthy man dying of lung cancer. He trusts no one. Before he hangs himself from a sycamore tree, Hubbard leaves a new, handwritten, will. It is an act that drags his adult children, his black maid, and Jake into a conflict as riveting and dramatic as the murder trial that made Brigance one of Ford County's most notorious citizens, just three years earlier. The second will raises far more questions than it answers. Why would Hubbard leave nearly all of his fortune to his maid? Had chemotherapy and painkillers affected his ability to think clearly? And what does it all have to do with a piece of land once known as Sycamore Row?
