Sycamore Row, Grisham - B

                                         I'm not certain John Grisham created the genre of the legal thriller, but he certainly over the last thirty years has excelled like no one else.  Taut courtroom drama, fascinating plots and an insight into the deep south are Grisham's standard themes, as they are in this novel set back in Ford County and featuring Jake Brigance from 'A Time To Kill'. Matt McConaughey played Jake in the movie and you can picture him swagger through some of the scenes in this book.  Other characters such as the the sheriff and Jake's drunken lawyer landlord are also back.  The drama is set around a holographic will written on a Saturday, by a man who hung himself after church on Sunday.   Seth Hubbard seemed to have testamentary capacity, but why would he leave the largest fortune in the county to his black housekeeper?  Enjoy the read.