#1 bestselling author John Grisham's The Reckoning is his most powerful surprising and
suspenseful thriller yet. A murder mystery a courtroom drama a family saga . . . The
Reckoning is Grisham's argument that he's not just a boilerplate thriller writer. Most jurors
will think the counselor has made his case.-USA Today October 1946 Clanton Mississippi Pete
Banning was Clanton Mississippi's favorite son-a decorated World War II hero the patriarch of
a prominent family a farmer father neighbor and a faithful member of the Methodist church.
Then one cool October morning he rose early drove into town and committed a shocking crime.
Pete's only statement about it-to the sheriff to his lawyers to the judge to the jury and
to his family-was: I have nothing to say. He was not afraid of death and was willing to take
his motive to the grave. In a major novel unlike anything he has written before John Grisham
takes us on an incredible journey from the Jim Crow South to the jungles of the Philippines
during World War II from an insane asylum filled with secrets to the Clanton courtroom where
Pete's defense attorney tries desperately to save him. Reminiscent of the finest tradition of
Southern Gothic storytelling The Reckoning would not be complete without Grisham's signature
layers of legal suspense and he delivers on every page. Praise for The Reckoning The quest for
justice is only the beginning in this Southern family saga. . . . [Grisham] does so much more
this time around.-Akron Beacon Journal John Grisham is not only the master of suspense but also
an acute observer of the human condition. And these remarkable skills converge in The
Reckoning-an original gripping penetrating novel that may be his greatest work yet.-David
Grann New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon John Grisham is the
master of legal fiction and his latest starts with a literal bang - and then travels backward
through the horrors of war to explore what makes a hero what makes a villain and how thin the
line between the two might be.-Jodi Picoult #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Spark of
Light and Small Great Things
