A review by iainkelly_writing
A Time for Mercy by John Grisham

dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.5

Can a Killer Go Free? asks the tagline on the cover. Well John Grisham doesn't tell us - without spoiling the ending, it doesn't reach a satisfactory resolution. After a long, laboured build up which lacks much tension, the book comes alive when we eventually get to the trial, where Grisham is at his best - but then peters out with a flat ending. There's also some dubious bending of adoption laws amongst other things - safe to say honest lawyers and judges are hard to find here. Diverting, but not one of his best.