THE A NOVEL Grisham, John creator author. text novel Thrillers (Fiction). Legal fiction (Literature). Historical fiction. Legal stories. Suspense fiction. nyu 2019 monographic eng 582 pages ; 18 cm Pete Banning was Clanton's favorite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October morning in 1946. he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed the Reverend Dexter Bell. As if the murder wasn't shocking enough, it was even more baffling that Pete's only statement about it - to the sheriff, to his defense attorney, to the judge, to his family and friends, and to the people of Clanton - was 'I have nothing to say'. And so the murder of the esteemed Reverend Bell became the most mysterious and unforgettable crime Ford County had ever known. general JOHN GRISHAM. Murder Investigation Fiction Mississippi Fiction 813.54 9781984819956 PPAK 210127 20210202120227.0 eng