Waiting on Wednesday [WoW] is a weekly event hosted by
Jill @ Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming
releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.
This week’s WoW feature is:
Sycamore Row by John
GrishamPublisher: Doubleday
Summary via Goodreads...
John Grisham takes you back to where it all began . . .
John Grisham's A Time to Kill is one of the most popular novels of our
time. 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?
In Sycamore Row, John Grisham returns to the setting and the compelling
characters that first established him as America's favorite storyteller. Here,
in his most assured and thrilling novel yet, is a powerful testament to the
fact that Grisham remains the master of the legal thriller, nearly twenty-five
years after the publication of A Time to Kill.
Why I Can’t Wait....
First
off I love John Grisham! Secondly A Time to Kill is one of my faves, so I’m
glad to revisit these characters. Seems like classic Grisham, I can’t wait to
dive into this read.
What are you waiting on?
Please link me up to yours. I’d love to see your picks!
I haven't read a John Grisham book in a few years, this one might bring me back. I loved A Time to Kill also, and most of his early books. I knew this one was coming, but hadn't really looked to learn more..Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI agree his earlier books where the best. Seeing how this one continues where A Time to Kill left off I'm going to read this one for sure.
DeleteThis sounds so good! I haven't read John Grisham in a while either, though I still have a book or two on my shelf in my TBR pile. This book definitely makes me want to read his work again, and very soon! This book is going on my TBR list now!!! (:
ReplyDeleteI agree Tina. Cant wait to read this one for sure.
DeleteI am also waiting on this. As a matter of fact, I am going to reread A Time to Kill for my Banned Books Challenge because it made the list. I have read some, but not all, Grisham books. Thanks for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know this one was even coming out. A pleasant surprise for sure.
DeleteFor some reason, I've never read anything by John Grisham! I may have to sometime though. Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat??!! lol. You should check out the earlier stuff its really good.
DeleteI just recently discovered this one. I have yet to read John Grisham, but Sycamore Row really caught my attention.
ReplyDelete-Dilettantish Reader
I hope you get to read some soon.
DeleteThis is a book I cannot wait for! BUT I must reread A Time to Kill first.
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