Sycamore Row

By: John Grisham

Narrated by: Michael Beck

Length: 20 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

Audie Award Finalist, Thriller/Suspense, 2014

John Grisham takes you back to where it all began...

John Grisham's A Time to Kill is one of the most popular novels of our time. Now we return to that famous courthouse in Clanton as Jake Brigance once again finds himself embroiled in a fiercely controversial trial - a trial that will expose old racial tensions and force Ford County to confront its tortured history.

Seth Hubbard is a wealthy man dying of lung cancer. He trusts no one. Before he hangs himself from a sycamore tree, Hubbard leaves a new, handwritten, will. It is an act that drags his adult children, his Black maid, and Jake into a conflict as riveting and dramatic as the murder trial that made Brigance one of Ford County's most notorious citizens, just three years earlier.

The second will raises far more questions than it answers. Why would Hubbard leave nearly all of his fortune to his maid? Had chemotherapy and painkillers affected his ability to think clearly? And what does it all have to do with a piece of land once known as Sycamore Row?

In Sycamore Row, John Grisham returns to the setting and the compelling characters that first established him as America's favorite storyteller. Here, in his most assured and thrilling novel yet, is a powerful testament to the fact that Grisham remains the master of the legal thriller, nearly 25 years after the publication of A Time to Kill.

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Critic reviews

Praise for the novels of John Grisham

"John Grisham is about as good a storyteller as we've got in the United States these days." —The New York Times Book Review

"John Grisham is exceptionally good at what he does—indeed, right now in this country, nobody does it better." —Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post

"Grisham is a marvelous storyteller who works readers the way a good trial lawyer works a jury." — Philadelphia Inquirer

"John Grisham owns the legal thriller." —The Denver Post

"John Grisham is not just popular, he is one of the most popular novelists of our time. He is a craftsman and he writes good stories, engaging characters, and clever plots." — Seattle Times

"A legal literary legend." — USA Today

GREAT!!!!

Loved all aspects of the many twists and turns to story. The narrator's accents were outstanding.

awesomeness!

well written. author really captivates. reader dies an excellent job, you really get lost in the story!

Great and touching story

Loved it. Enjoyed it.
Narrator has to work on female voices, otherwise great story teller.

A MUST READ/LISTEN

love it, the reader kept me wanting more. IT WAS A GREAT STORY LINE THAT NEEDED TO BE TOLD

Anything Grisham is Great!

I love John Grisham's work! What makes it even better is when I have the audio book and can listen to Michael Beck perform it! They are a captivating and entertaining pair and I am forever hooked on the combination!

Outstanding!

John Grisham goes back to his roots. It's as good as A Time to Kill.

Classic Grisham

Masterfully written and narrated. Anxiously awaiting the movie, this book is destined for the big screen.

Sigh… love me some John Grisham

I grew up in the South, so when a Narrator tries and fails to portray the subtle melody of a deep southern accent, it is really unbearable for me. Not so with Michael Beck's performances of the many different characters in John Grisham's latest. After just one of two exposures to the characters, I could immediately tell who was speaking by Mr. Beck's faithful renditions. Makes me sort of wish for a series with these characters, for whom I am now homesick.

Now, saying that I grew up in the South also means that I listened to this story dreading what I knew was coming… more racial ugliness. The whole story kept me stuck to it through the bitter end, though, and I wish someone would convince Mr. Grishom to start a series with Jake, Lucien, Harry Rex and the whole gang, because even though law practices in little towns seem full of mundane cases, I'm sure Mr. Grishom could spin a few more tales to keep us from missing these wonderful characters too much.

It's About Time - John Grisham is Back!

Where does Sycamore Row rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Definitely one of the best books I've heard!

What other book might you compare Sycamore Row to and why?

John Grisham's old (and, in my opinion, much superior to his recent) books!

What about Michael Beck’s performance did you like?

Well done

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The obvious - Ansel's testimony

Any additional comments?

I stopped listening to/reading John Grisham books a few years ago. He seemed to lose his edge and I felt like he'd become bored writing them, because that is how I felt listening to them. If he keeps writing this way, I will quickly become a fan again!

Amazingly Written! Thoroughly enjoyed! Highly reco

Narrator amazed me too!
His inflection and sounds of voice and cadence and tone were incredible! Great work on a great book!