Grisham's early books were almost all legal thrillers, and they're so lopsidedlylegal thrillers. He said in two thousand six that it usually only takes him six months to write a book. And he's still the cranking out novels at the rate of about one a year. Most of his books are standalones, though there are some series,. i think it's a four book series featuring the protagonist of the of a time to kill.