Trial confirms Richard North Patterson's place as "our most important author of popular fiction." "It is no overstatement to say that
To Kill a Mockingbird for the 21st century has arrived.
Trial grapples with the biggest issues of race and justice and does so in a meaningful and engrossing way, page after page. You cannot help being moved by this story and it illuminates the biggest issues we face in our nation today."
-James Stavridis, former supreme Allied Commander of NATO and
New York Times bestselling novelist
"For all its timely discussion,
Trial is first and foremost a novel of irresistible suspense. This is a barnburner of a book whose huge drama, large characters, and elemental conflicts grab you from page one."
-Scott Turow, #1
New York Times bestselling author of
Presumed Innocent and
Suspect "This is a portrait of the America I know. It is compelling, contemporary and thoughtfully researched truth telling.
Trial might be fictional but it is real. Allie, Chase, Malcolm, Jabari and Janie are real people. I know them. Their experiences are real. I've lived them."
-Bruce Gordon, former CEO of the NAACP
"For many years, my law practice representing Black men and women struggling for justice in a Jim Crow environment took me into the courthouse and among the people of the area depicted in this novel. As a Black native of Southwest Georgia and based on my professional experience, Richard North Patterson has done a commendable job of capturing the spirit of the place and its people."
-Judge Herbert E Phipps, retired, Georgia Court of Appeals
"Richard North Patterson has written another excellent novel which rings with authenticity. He captures virtually all the racial subtleties I would expect from a Black author, and knocks the politics out of the park."
-Thelton Henderson, Judge, US District Court (Ret.), Former attorney US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Voting Section