by John Grisham
First published 2018
Pete Banning, a revered war veteran and pillar of his community, rises one morning and calmly shoots the local reverend. With no clear motive and Pete's refusal to speak, the town is left reeling, desperate to understand this senseless act. As the trial unfolds, dark secrets from Pete's past are uncovered, unraveling the very fabric of Clanton, Mississippi. At the heart of this gripping mystery lies the painful reckoning of a tortured man, his unspoken traumas, and the price of his silence.
Genres: fiction, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, crime, 21st-century
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: dark-secrets, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Clanton, Mississippi
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
432 pages · Paperback · Hodder & Stoughton
Content warnings: violence