The Confession

A new John Grisham novel about events in Ford County.

John Grisham returns to Ford County!

This is where the action of the novel “It’s Time to Kill” took place—the one that brought the author worldwide fame, became a genre classic, and formed the basis for an astonishing film starring Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, and Sandra Bullock in the lead roles. In this very novel, young attorney Jake Brigance first appeared—someone who challenged the relentless judicial system to defend a desperate father who shot two scoundrels who had abused his little daughter.

And now—Jake Brigance has a new case. A case involving a mysterious will of a very wealthy southern man, Seth Hubbard, who arranged his fortune in such a way that it shocked not only his loved ones, but also everyone who knew him. The son and daughter of the rich man are ready to move mountains to prove that their father was not in his right mind when he drafted this document.

But Jack Brigance intends to convince the jurors of the opposite—that Seth Hubbard had solid reasons to do exactly what he did. And to make that happen, Brigance will have to uncover a dangerous secret that has been hidden for many years behind the ornate facades of the comfortable mansions of a small southern town…