REVIEW: The Reckoning (2020) FictionMachine The Reckoning Chapter Forty Five Daella Wattpad The Reckoning The Reckoning Summary and Study Guide SuperSummary. The electrifying new thriller from internationally best selling author John Grisham. John Grisham returns to Clanton, Mississippi, to tell the story of an unthinkable murder, the bizarre trial that followed it and its profound and lasting effect on the people of Ford County. Pete Banning was Clanton's favourite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbour 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. 2018 Belfry Holdings, Inc (P)2018 Random House Audio