'I couldn't help thinking of Harper Lee's great American novel To Kill a Mockingbird while
reading The Reckoning . . . [Grisham] knows how to spin a yarn' - Chicago Sun-Times'May be his
greatest work yet' - David Grann New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower
Moon?Pete Banning was Clanton's favourite son a returning war hero the patriarch of a
prominent family a farmer father 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'.What turned Pete from a pillar of the community into cold-hearted killer? And
why won't he confide in anyone? All his closest family knows is that it must have been
something devastating - and that the fallout will haunt them and the town for decades to come
. . .Further praise for The Reckoning'Beautifully constructed . . . weaves a truly magical
spell' - Daily Mail'In this saga of love and war John Grisham has given us a sprawling and
engrossing story about a southern family a global conflict and the kinds of secrets that can
shape all of us. From the courtrooms and jails of rural Mississippi to the war-torn Pacific
Grisham spins a tale that is at once entertaining and illuminating' - Jon Meacham New York
Times bestselling author of The Soul of America'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 internationally bestselling author of A Spark of Light and Small
Great Things'When a master of storytelling and suspense takes on one of the most wrenching
stories in history the result is a book that will break your heart set your blood pumping and
your mind racing and leave you gasping for breath by the final page. I'm still trying to
recover from The Reckoning' - Candice Millard New York Times bestselling author of The River
of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic 350+ million copies 45 languages 9 blockbuster films:NO
ONE WRITES DRAMA LIKE JOHN GRISHAM
