• A Time to Kill & The King of Torts

  • By: John Grisham
  • Narrated by: Michael Beck
  • Length: 28 hrs and 35 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (3,903 ratings)

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A Time to Kill & The King of Torts

By: John Grisham
Narrated by: Michael Beck
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Publisher's summary

Two from the master of the legal thriller:

A Time to Kill:
The life of a 10-year-old black girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime, until her father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own outraged hands.

For 10 days, with burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spreading through the streets of Clanton, Mississippi, the nation sits spellbound as young defense attorney Jack Brigance struggles to save his client's life...and then his own.

The King of Torts:
When Clay Carter of the public defender's office reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C. every week. But as he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, looking at the kind of enormous settlement that would totally change his life - that would make him, almost overnight, the legal profession's newest king of torts.

©1992 John Grisham; 1992 Random House, Inc.
The King of Torts 2003 Belfry Holdings, Inc. (P)2003 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

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A Time to Kill

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After finishing Sycamore Row I went back to A Time to Kill. Having read nearly all of Grisham's novels, this one is still at the very top of the list. Brilliant and timeless.

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Wonderful dramas

A Time to Kill. Although I have seen the movie, this audible book was wonderfully read. I didn’t want to stop listening. The king of Torts helped me understand a side of law that was unknown to me. Like understanding law 101.

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wow most amusing story ever so intense

Story so intention compelling held me to the very end Donald will act to hear another 1A story

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A time to kill is the best.

Time to kill top shelf. King of torte very good with an unexpected ending. Grisham at his very best

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Loved it!!!

Love, love, love Grisham and Beck. They are great together - Grisham with the story; Beck with his profound deliverance of the story.

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Excellent read!!!

Spellbinding courtroom drama! Puts you right on the courtroom with the lawyers. Keeps you on the edge of your seat.

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Two Winners

John Grisham has a talent for launching his books with a gripping opening chapter, and these twinned Audible novels are no exception.

In A Time to Kill, lawyer Jack Brigance struggles to save a Black father who has exacted revenge on behalf of his raped and beaten little girl. The rapists are two young rednecks, and the previously dormant KKK oozes back to life from across several southern states, threatening to explode in this Mississippi town.

The King of Torts examines tort litigation, that frequently runaway class action mayhem that often resembles nothing so much as a pack of jackals feasting on the corpse of a hapless intruder. Guess who the jackals are.



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John Grisham/Michael Beck

A duo that is very hard beat
An awesome writer with stay up all night, read 'til you bleed fun. Pair that with the drool worthy tones of Michael Beck, who seems to have an affinity with his characters that makes them real. I've always thought I would not like people interpreting my book for me, but these two have changed my mind.

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Classics

A Time To Kill was amazing!! I loved the movie and loved the book!!

The King of Torts was longer than it needed to be and I lost interest multiple times.

Michael Beck is a genius narrator.

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ATTK - awesome story - TKOT - unexpectedly great

ATTK - as most have detailed - this is a great book. The narrator is fabulous and gives a good variety of voices. The story flows well and the ending is classic Grisham.

TKOT - cool story. I actually found myself drawn into this one a bit more because of the allure of fast money.

Overall -well worth 1 credit!!

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