John Grisham – The Reckoning

The Reckoning by John Grisham is a standalone novel but which is, like many of his previous novels, set in Clanton, Mississippi.

The release date of The Reckoning was October 23, 2018.

The Reckoning book description

Pete Banning was Clanton’s favorite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, 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.”

And so the murder of the esteemed Reverend Bell became the most mysterious and unforgettable crime Ford County had ever known.

John Grisham The Reckoning

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