<p><i>Jake Brigance, lawyer hero of A Time to Kill and Sycamore Row, is back, in his toughest case ever.</i><br><br><font><b>''When Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they''re not just alive, they''re pulsating'' </b><i>Mirror</i><br><br><b>CAN A KILLER EVER BE ABOVE THE LAW?</font></b><br><br>Deputy Stuart Kofer is a protected man. Though he''s turned his drunken rages on his girlfriend, Josie, and her children many times before, the police code of silence has always shielded him.<br><br>But one night he goes too far, leaving Josie for dead on the floor before passing out. Her son, sixteen-year-old Drew, knows he only has this one chance to save them. He picks up a gun and takes the law into his own hands.<br><br>In Clanton, Mississippi, there is no one more hated than a cop killer - but a cop killer''s defence lawyer comes close. Jake Brigance doesn''t want this impossible case but he''s the only one with enough experience to defend the boy.<b