A Time For Mercy, Grisham - B+

               We are back in Clanton, Mississippi in 1990, and our featured lawyer is Jake Brigance of 'A Time To Kill' fame.  He represents a 16-year-old boy who shoots and kills the mean-spirited s.o.b. who is beating his mother unconscious. The problem is the guy was a very popular cop in town. Grisham is the master of fabulous, tension-filled trials and really rises to the top of his form here. As always, he skillfully delves into racial issues and both black and white poverty in the deep south. And, being a lawyer in small-town America is no financial dream either. Another masterpiece.