I could waffle on about this book but I wont, it's a sequel to A Time to Kill. It's very similar to other early John Grisham books and there is nothing wrong with that, as in my opinion they are better books. I dislike intensely The Testament, and the Painted House so this is the first book of his since The Racketeer that I've read. Jake Brigance  the lawyer from A Time to Kill, is the main character, he is making sure a controversial Will his enacted exactly as his client wished. It didn't take any great mind, (mine), to guess the plot, and I think the best thing about this book is everyone is more interesting than Jake. His disbarred former boss, the smart, ex military, wanna be lawyer, daughter of the major beneficiary of the Will and the lost brother of the dead man. Jake was a very thin man, with no substance to him, perhaps A Time to Kill, exhausted his personality, drive and character. On the plus side there are enough stories in the other characters to produce more books and that could be very interesting. The book's ending was very satisfying, in that the judgement was fair, and so indeed was the book.