Category: Fiction, Novels & Story Books
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 The Reckoning,
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 Southern Gothic storytelling and layered with Grisham’s signature legal suspense, The Reckoning delivers on every page.