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Book Review of The Reckoning

The Reckoning
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Not your standard John Grisham legal thriller fare. This is a story of Joe Banning who sets out one day to murder the town's local pastor? From there, Pete takes full responsibility, but will not relay what drove him to commit murder, after all this is a decorated war veteran and successful businessman.

We not only get the story of the trial of Pete Banning, but we get the full backstory of him being in the war and becoming a P.O.W. During the whole time reading, as a reader, I was guessing what drove Pete to murder.

Let's just say, that I thought I had it figured out, but the real reason was a twist in many way and I will leave it at that.