Beyond that, the lawyer turned bestselling author has penned a YA thriller series centered around teenager Theodore Boone and has done a select few other follow-up novels. Brigance also appeared in Grisham’s 2022 novella, Sparring Partners. In 2013, Grisham brought back Jake Brigance-who, of course, starred in A Time to Kill (1989)-in Sycamore Row and then again in A time for Mercy (2020). Now, with Grisham’s new novel, fans of the original story will finally see what really happens next for McDeere.Ĭoming back to some of his most iconic stories isn’t exactly new for Grisham, though, for the most part, he has notoriously avoided sequels for much of his career. That series, starring Josh Lucus as McDeere, picked up ten years after the events that took place in the book and the movie, but only lasted 22 episodes before being canceled in 2012. The Firm was also adapted for television on NBC but functioned more as a continuation than a retelling of the original story. long enough to piece everything together. In the middle of it all is McDeere, who, after dreaming of becoming a successful lawyer, must now find a way to stay out of federal prison. The Firm, which was adapted into the 1993 blockbuster movie starring Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman, and Wilford Brimley, follows a young attorney named Mitch McDeere who “joins a small but prestigious law firm only to find out that most of their clients are on the wrong side of the law.” Of course, as many know by now, “the company is helping to launder mob money, get clients off charges, and even murder partners who threaten to blow their cover.” That is, at least, until the FBI gets involved. Thirty-two years after publishing his iconic legal thriller, The Firm, #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham is finally set to release the long-awaited sequel when The Exchange hits bookstores on October 17th, 2023.

A time for mercy