Time to forgive

Ford County was once the setting for the novel "A Time to Kill," which brought its author worldwide fame, became a classic of the genre, and was the basis for a stunning film starring Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, and Sandra Bullock. It was in this novel that the young lawyer Jake Brigance first appeared, challenging the unforgiving legal system. And now comes Jake Brigance's new case. It concerns the mysterious will of a very wealthy Southerner, Seth Hubbard, who disposed of his fortune in a way that shocked not only his family but everyone who knew him. The wealthy man's son and daughter are willing to move mountains to prove that their father was insane when he wrote the document. But Jack Brigance intends to convince the jury of the opposite—that Seth Hubbard had compelling reasons for doing what he did. And to do this, Brigance will have to uncover a dangerous secret that has been hidden for many years behind the luxurious facades of the mansions of a cozy southern town...