Anxiety in the courtroom, intrigues and astonishing plot twists, characteristic features of the master of legal thriller, Redemption is definitely Grisham's most powerful novel to date.

The sequel to the great publishing and cinematic success The Verdict.

Jake Brigance is back! The beloved hero of The Verdict, one of the most popular novels of our time, stars in a courtroom drama that the New York Times called "absolutely riveting."

Clanton, Mississippi, 1990. Jake Brigance finds himself involuntarily caught up in a deeply divisive trial when the state appoints him as counsel for Drew Gamble, a timid and wounded sixteen-year-old accused of murdering a police officer who was particularly beloved in the local community. In Clanton, most people want a quick trial and the defendant's conviction, but Brigance seeks the truth and discovers that the story is not at all as it seems. So, he decides to save Drew from the gas chamber, putting his career, as well as his financial and family security, at risk.