The Reckoning - The unmissable crime thriller from number 1 Sunday Times bestselling

A SMALL TOWN. A BIG MURDER. A man is dead - and nobody knows why. One morning in 1946, Pete Banning - war hero, pillar of the community and faithful member of Clanton''s Methodist Church - drives into town, walks into the church and calmly shoots Reverend Dexter Bell in cold blood. In the years following the murder, Banning''s only statement is: ''I have nothing to say.'' The sheriff, his defense attorney, the judge and his family and friends are all left in the dark. What drove this man to murder has haunted Clanton for decades - and now, a reckoning is coming... c 350+ million copies, 45 languages, 10 blockbuster films: JOHN GRISHAM IS THE MASTER OF THE LEGAL THRILLER c Readers are raving about The Reckoning : ''Epic!'' ''Excellent'' ''John Grisham is a wonderful storyteller'' ''Outstanding'' ''A must read!''

About the author

Since The Firm in 1991, John Grisham has published a number one bestseller every year. His books have been translated into 45 languages and have sold over 350 million copies worldwide. Nine have been adapted to film, including The Firm, The Pelican Brief and A Time To Kill.

His first work of non-fiction, The Innocent Man, was adapted into a six-part Netflix docuseries; his second, Framed, highlights work with organisations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted.

He is the two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was distinguished with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.

John lives on a farm in central Virginia.

Product details

• Authors: John Grisham, Grisham John
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.06.2025
• EAN: 9781399740395
• ISBN: 978-1-399-74039-5
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 36 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; USA, Mississippi, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Thrillers / General, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Thrillers / Political, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, FICTION / Thrillers / Legal, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Political / legal thriller, United States of America, USA, Crime and mystery fiction, Ethical Issues: Capital Punishment