University of Virginia law professor Ray Atlee reluctantly returns to his Mississippi hometown after receiving a Summons from his ill father, a retired judge who lives alone in his ancestral mansion. and perhaps to someone else.. . .
The Judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret known only to Ray .
But the family meeting does not take place.
Ray reluctantly heads south to his hometown, to the place he now prefers to avoid.
The Summons is typed by the Judge himself, on his handsome old stationery, and gives the date and time for Ray and Forrest to appear in his study.
Forrest is Ray\'s younger brother, the family\'s black sheep.
Ray Atlee is the elder, a Virginia law professor, newly single, still enduring the aftershocks of a surprise divorce.
Knowing that the end is near, Judge Atlee has issued a Summons for his two sons to return to Clanton to discuss his estate. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty years, Judge Atlee is now a shadow of his former self--a sick, lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi.
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But the judge dies before meeting his sons, leaving behind a shocking secret.
Ray\'s younger brother, Forrest, is also summoned.
University of Virginia law professor Ray Atlee reluctantly returns to his Mississippi hometown after receiving a Summons from his ill father, a retired judge who lives alone in his ancestral mansion
