#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - John Grisham's most powerful,
surprising, and suspenseful thriller yet - "A murder mystery, a
courtroom drama, a family saga." --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.
Don't miss John Grisham's new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM,
coming soon!
