As a college English professor, Elizabeth looks forward to the start of each new semester teaching her creative writing seminar. At least until she reads chapter one of The Reckoning, a tale about a high school senior who has an affair with her teacher. To anyone else it would be the beginning of a great page-turner, but to Elizabeth it is the beginning of the end.
She knows this story. It’s all familiar because she lived it. The girl in the story was her best friend Jocelyn, and Elizabeth knows exactly how the story will end—with the professor dead. Because she was the one who killed him.
Someone knows what Elizabeth did twenty years ago and her secret is about to be exposed, but who is the mystery student submitting the chapters? In an effort to find out, Elizabeth returns to her Louisiana hometown where it soon becomes clear that no matter how many years have gone by, she can’t escape her past.
Wow. This book was a journey. I wasn't sure what to expect going in, but it was a ride.
There are twists and turns. The people you trust you shouldn't and the ones you don't, you probably should. Looking back on it, the clues to what was going on were all there, but you dismiss them.
It's hard to review this book without spoilers and as I don't want to ruin it for anyone I'm not even going to try. I'm just going to say: read it.
I enjoyed and recommend this title.
