Murder mystery, court drama, family saga, coming-of-age tale, period war narrative. “The Reckoning” shows John Grisham is more than a thriller writer.

In 'The Reckoning,' John Grisham's new novel, a World War II vet guns down a Mississippi minister and leaves a small Southern town reeling. A review.

THE RECKONING By Rennie Airth Viking, $26.95, 368 pages Perhaps the darkest memories of war are of the courts-martial that lie in its bloody shadows, especially when they are cast in the stone of ...

Best-selling author John Grisham became a lawyer, got bored and turned his courtroom experience into legal thrillers instead. His latest, "The Reckoning," tells of the murder of a Mississippi ...

If you take on a topic as unmarketable as a morality play set in 14th century England, you might as well assemble a killer cast and let the actors do what they do best. That's what Scottish helmer ...