A SMALL TOWN. A BIG MURDER. A man is dead - and nobody knows why. One morning in 1946 Pete
Banning - war hero pillar of the community and faithful member of Clanton's Methodist Church -
drives into town walks into the church and calmly shoots Reverend Dexter Bell in cold blood.
In the years following the murder Banning's only statement is: 'I have nothing to say.' The
sheriff his defense attorney the judge and his family and friends are all left in the dark.
What drove this man to murder has haunted Clanton for decades - and now a reckoning is
coming... ??350+ million copies 45 languages 10 blockbuster films: JOHN GRISHAM IS THE
MASTER OF THE LEGAL THRILLER??
