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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Copyright © 2013 by Belfry Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Random House LLC, New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, Penguin Random House Companies. www.doubleday.com DOUBLEDAY and the portrayal of an anchor with a dolphin are registered trademarks of Random House LLC. Jacket design by <strong>John</strong> Fontana Jacket illustration © David Ridley/Arcangel Images Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file with the Library of Congress. ISBN: 978-0-385-53713-1 eBook ISBN: 978-0-385-53792-6 v3.1
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Page 8 and 9: attended the 11:00 a.m. worship ser
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Page 12 and 13: dog. After a quick shower, Jake dre
Page 14 and 15: He drove past the empty lot on Adam
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Page 18 and 19: 3 The current secretary was a thirt
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Page 22 and 23: out” a person from an inheritance
Page 24 and 25: from his ear. He shook his head, sm
Page 26 and 27: “I talked to Herschel Hubbard aro
Page 28 and 29: After the second, Herschel’s step
Page 30 and 31: Memphis, a big city, and my mother
Page 32 and 33: hour, full-time?” “Five bucks?
Page 34 and 35: “Your uncle was a drunk,” Ramon
Page 36 and 37: fighting, the hand-to-hand combat,
Page 38 and 39: Sybil she was living on the beach a
Page 40 and 41: then drifted around the world at va
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Page 46 and 47: Russell Amburgh was standing ten fe
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7 After a quick, late supper of gri
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“What? You want nicer digs? Maybe
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view of the street. The room was da
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tired of the pain. He knew he was d
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“Shouldn’t be too hard. We’ll
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seen the other will, the thick one,
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9 For her last day on the job Letti
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so make some fresh coffee. After th
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father’s assets and liabilities.
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When Calvin was gone, Herschel said
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testament of Mr. Henry Seth Hubbard
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Don’t suppose I could have a copy
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“I saw it in the paper this morni
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as many miles as mine.” “I gues
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up Ramona. “Hello,” he said. On
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office over the past few months. He
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usually minor and harmless and had
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from the office and from the law. N
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12 The Honorable Reuben V. Atlee wa
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“Yes sir,” Sistrunk said stiffl
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last will and testament of Seth Hub
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would doubtless be at the top end o
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13 Dumas Lee owned the front page o
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“I did ten years ago, but then I
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preliminary matters, Jake. As you k
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and Marvis. He was with a client, b
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next year or so.” “I’ll pay u
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een there. “It’s very sad,” s
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handshake while shapely Kamila watc
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“We’ll carry on,” he said.
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“The three of us. We took care of
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15 Sleep was fleeting these nights
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as if the driver needed a long look
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Simeon, drunk, slapped the table an
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already lookin’ bad, at least in
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16 Since the arrival of Mr. Hubbard
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the sofa, and took off in the Saab.
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he pretends to be insane. At one po
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“Did she tell you about her name
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“How many carloads?” “Don’t
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old friend of Judge Atlee’s. I th
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18 Rufus Buckley parked his weather
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Dumas Lee entered quietly and, reco
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sophomoric objection to Buckley’s
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“And put him in the same cell wit
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19 The word was leaked from a legit
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ealize we were out of line yesterda
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“Please call me Jake.” “Okay.
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winning the case are far greater th
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nation, but there was none. Bost wa
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was empty after the salads, and the
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Because of his nature and habits, h
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Jake couldn’t believe it. “Come
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21 The Law Offices of Jake Brigance
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valued at $100,000; (5) a cabin and
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him. What do you think?” In situa
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22 Just as Judge Atlee imagined the
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“Come on, Judge, it’s just a de
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arrested a couple of times, the mos
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skirmish, and she was already exhau
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“I did. Mr. Hubbard asked me if I
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through the depositions with awful
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lot, cut off the attorney’s fees
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guy was seventy-one, a heavy smoker
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porch and no one raked them. For a
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of what I’m looking for. I’ve d
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County, so I guess it’s possible
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Because it was a special occasion,
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turret that ran up four levels, and
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to Lettie Lang. Fritz took off from
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evealed. The element of surprise wo
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popped on a grill. A large man with
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“Eight thirty to five, thirty min
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in various modes. A lot of fish wer
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high school diplomas.” “Seth Hu
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27 Charley Pardue’s arrival benef
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Ford County, but there’s no way t
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Sitting by the fire in a fine old h
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handwriting that have been filed. N
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What do you think?” “I’m sure
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Lettie walked away to find a restro
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29 Jake and Carla sat at the kitche
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You never opened a file and you cer
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They would leave the Coffee Shop an
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Hailey, wife of Carl Lee, mother of
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“Your Honor, my name is Arthur We
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It’s just not the natural course
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31 The effort to validate the handw
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know?” “He was all right. I mea
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“How’d your wife get herself in
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wanted Stillman in the courtroom, b
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farmers and farmworkers with a pulp
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appeal.” “Oh sure. File it. But
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33 Instead, Jake uttered not a sing
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He’ll know which witnesses are be
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layers of wrinkles around his glass
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34 Jake was in the middle of a fair
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always grateful for an integrated s
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Lucien took it well. He offered a f
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names to bewilder the opponent. The
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Jake wanted to throw a hatchet at h
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analyzed at Pankey’s home office
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36 From their looks and accents it
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“He’s been in the hospital for
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“We’ll take ’em.” “Where
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A nurse eventually arrived. She was
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“Naw, gotta work. Ya’ll expecti
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“Nothing this morning, but then i
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quickly grabbed another and uncorke
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38 Before his wife died, Judge and
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The nurse glared at Lucien and seem
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equally, then concentrated more on
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39 Nevin Dark parked his truck faci
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as a seven. He and Portia looked at
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him personally?” Two hands were t
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“I do.” “Do you currently hav
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everyone concur?” The lawyers sho
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to play blackjack, at a dime a hand
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The debate had raged for an hour, u
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“Maybe you didn’t ask the right
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original. He planned it all. After
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and gentlemen, it’s not your job
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doubt it. Think about it, folks. A
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from a sycamore tree. “What time
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Harry Rex said they’d be lucky to
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that he’d killed himself not long
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Lanier picked up a document and sai
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After dark, Lucien went to the hote
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43 The lawyers met with Judge Atlee
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Some things are better left unsaid.
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involved in this matter would like
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“He’s out in the rotunda,” La
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good-bye. Lucien was headed for the
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44 Jake and Harry Rex fled town. Wi
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“Ripley beat us fifty to nothing
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Braves play, what hotel did you and
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Harry Rex caught Jake outside the r
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witness that won’t take long.”
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45 The flight to Seattle was overbo
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during lunch. He knows the score an
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“They are.” “Then let’s pro
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that he was a tax lawyer with a thr
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heart pine to a flooring company in
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Ozzie said, “No, Lucien, you’re
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said, “Gentlemen, I think the jur
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county who owned their own land, an
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“God, I’ve never told this stor
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ack to the campsite, which was seve
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doubt he planned things perfectly.
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Jake stepped over and picked up the
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There were none. There were no guid
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48 The sermon was the annual call t
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“You’ll win the case because yo
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A month after the verdict, Ancil Hu
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