Jake Brigance is back, and I couldn’t be happier. John
Grisham’s first novel, A Time to Kill, featured the young lawyer from Clanton,
Mississippi. It’s one of my favorite books. Sycamore Row picks up just three
years after A Time to Kill. The story of Jake Brigance and his misfit cohorts
is just as good.
Seth Hubbard takes his own life right after he writes a new
will that cuts out his family, and leaves most of his fortune to his
housekeeper. Seth has appointed Jake to be the lawyer for the estate, which
throws Jake into a bitter will contest. You might think that a book about a
contested will would be boring. This book is anything but. As in most John Grisham novels, there are more
questions than answers. Why did Seth Hubbard leave most of his fortune to his
black housekeeper? Why did Seth choose Jake to fight for the new will? What is
the awful secret that Seth and his estranged brother kept for over fifty years?
What secrets does the housekeeper have?
The desire to discover the answers to these questions is why
I kept reading. I wanted to see what happened to Jake Brigance next. Grisham
keeps you guessing as he throws curve ball after curve ball. Once you think you
have everything figured out, guess again.
If you liked this book, you might like Fall From Grace by
Richard North Patterson.
Carrie
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