Status
Available
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Publication
Doubleday (2013), Edition: 1st, 447 pages
Description
When wealthy Seth Hubbard hangs himself from a sycamore tree and leaves his fortune to his black maid, 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.
Media reviews
All the author’s strengths are in evidence—his capturing the rhythms of small-town life in Clanton, Miss., his skill at making legal minutiae comprehensible, and his gift at getting readers to care about his characters.
Awards
Audie Award (Finalist — Thriller/Suspense — 2014)
LA Times Book Prize (Finalist — Mystery/Thriller — 2013)
Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction (Winner — 2014)
Christian Science Monitor Best Book (Fiction — 2013)
Original publication date
2013-10-22