The Reckoning cover art

The Reckoning

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Unlimited access to our all-you-can-listen catalogue of 15K+ audiobooks and podcasts
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

The Reckoning

By: Sue Walker
Narrated by: Jonathan Hackett
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £24.99

Buy Now for £24.99

About this listen

 In June 1973 the bodies of three missing teenagers were found on the tiny Scottish island of Fidra. And when his father is arrested for the murders, 11-year-old Miller McAllister's life fell apart. 32 years later, Douglas Mcallister has died in prison and Miller returns home after decades of self-imposed exile. Because, though the rest of his family prostested Douglas' innocence, Miller always maintained his guilt. But when Miller is given a letter his father wrote to him before his death, suddenly everything looks less clear. Could Douglas have been innocent after all? And if he didn't kill the girls... who did?©2005 Sue Walker (P)2006 Oakhill Publishing Ltd Crime Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction Exciting

Critic reviews

"Walker pulls out all the stops in this terrific story. She ratchets up the tension, keeps the clues deftly hidden, and keeps the reader glued to the page." (The Globe and Mail
All stars
Most relevant
I just thought that this is a story that could have happened to any family!!! It is a wonderful journey through the 1970s. Throughout this story, I kept asking myself, what if that had happened to me and my father.

It is a truly realistic journey to the reader that takes you to the depths of a serial killer.

This story was really addictive!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I loved this audio book. Well read with just the right amount of accent. The narrator does a great job with the individual voices. The words paint a great picture of the place. Very believable characters. My only regret is its finished! I will be looking for more from this Author.

Brilliant

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Left it with about 2 hours to go. It seemed to go on and on with very little happening. I just didn't care who dunnit in the end. Depressing

Couldnt finish it

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This was a nice easy listen, with the narrator?s voice fitting perfectly to the story and the location. I enjoyed the book with its changes of pace working well with the plot. Sometimes it felt like the description of a feeling would go on forever but on the whole it was the main characters emotions that pushed the story along. Well read, good pace and I felt involved in the story to quite a degree. I would certainly recommend this one. I did suss who was the culprit, changed my mind once or twice and found the ending very satisfying.

There's been a murder... well a few actually.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I loved this book. Great story. Excellent narrator.can't wait for her next book.. It had a good plotting kept you guessing all along.

Very promising author

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews