A Time To Kill
(John Grisham)
How would you react to your child being raped, beaten and left for dead? This is the scenario that opens John Grisham's first novel and leaves the reader on edge. Already it has the Grisham hallmarks - the tension, the action, the emotion. Law and the legal system of the United States have never been as exciting as in Grisham's hands.
This novel explores the issue of racism and the apartheid that remained in the Deep South even after the success of the Equal Rights movement. A small black girl is raped and beaten by two white drunks. Her family and community close around her but her father is haunted by the fact she repeatedly called for him during the assault and he wasn't there. Everyone in town knows that he will retaliate but he still manages to take the law officers by surprise.
Grisham's genius lies in his ability to build what appears to be a watertight case against his hero and then demolish it to the extent that it all finishes to the hero's advantage. This is a tightly written book - every page contributes to the plot, heightening the tension. Characters are drawn in detail and easily imagined, as is the setting. It comes to life even for someone who has never visited the southern US. The combination of the heinous crime, the despair of the girl's father, the heat of a southern summer and the emotions raised in a tight-knit community are a mix that keeps the reader glued to the page to the last full stop.
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