In this searing courtroom drama, best-selling author John Grisham probes the savage depths of racial violence. as he delivers a compelling tale of uncertain justice in a small southern town. Clanton, Mississippi. The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young man. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle - and takes justice into his own outraged hands. For ten days, as