John Grisham returns to Ford County! This is where the action of the novel “A Time to Kill” unfolded, which brought the author worldwide fame, became a classic of the genre and the basis of an amazing film starring Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson and Sandra Bullock. It was in this novel that a young lawyer, Jake Brigance, first appeared, challenging the unforgiving legal system to defend a desperate father who shot two scumbags who abused his little daughter. And now - the new case of Jake Brigance. The case of the mysterious will of a very wealthy southerner, Seth Hubbard, who disposed of his fortune in a way that shocked not only his loved ones, but also everyone who knew him. The son and daughter of a rich man are ready to move mountains to prove that their father was out of his mind when he drafted this document. But Jake Brigance intends to convince the jury of the opposite - Seth Hubbard had good reasons to act as he did. And to do this, Brigance will have to uncover a dangerous secret that has been hidden for many years behind the elaborate facades of the mansions of a cozy southern town...