{"product_id":"the-reckoning-9781448318896","title":"The Reckoning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHE KILLED A MAN.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHE DESERVED IT.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBUT JUSTICE ISN'T YET DONE.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst in an explosive new thriller series set in the eighties from the author of the critically acclaimed Miranda Corbie series introduces the fierce feminist Renata Drake--on the run from the FBI for the execution-style murder of her little sister's killer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivid and haunting. I'm eager to hear more from the tenacious and resourceful Renata Drake\" Meg Gardiner, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalifornia, Southern Humboldt County, 1985. \u003c\/i\u003eRenata Drake steps off a Greyhound bus and into small-town Garberville, hoping to disappear. She checks the papers. She's not headline news. Not yet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut she's made a mistake. The FBI have the cannabis-producing \"Emerald Triangle\" town-- and its corrupt residents--in their sights. Even worse, a teenage girl is missing, and when she turns up dead, the third in three years, it's clear a serial killer is living among them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRenata knows about murdered girls and the burning desire for justice--and for revenge. Her younger sister Josie is gone, and now, so is the man who killed her. Renata didn't stay in Washington, D.C. to be arrested for executing a murderer, and she shouldn't stay here either. But Renata decides to investigate, and what she uncovers will trigger a final reckoning: For herself, for a killer, and for all of Southern Humboldt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis powerful, page-turning thriller explores the human cost of corruption and the psychological toll that violence takes on women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Severn House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781448318896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336","brand":"Kelli Stanley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52604498837685,"sku":"9781448318896","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-reckoning-9781448318896","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}