Reckoning
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Reckoning
Description
The Reckoning delivers a powerful and unsettling exploration of justice turned back on those who inflicted unimaginable horror.
The worst criminals in history prey on the vulnerable — women, children, the unsuspecting, the defenceless. They act without mercy, driven by obsession, cruelty, or a chilling indifference to human life. But what happens when the balance shifts? When the hunters become the hunted?
From calculated murderers to sadistic predators, these gripping accounts uncover the final moments of some of history’s most notorious criminals, as the illusion of control begins to unravel.
Through detailed research and eyewitness accounts, Jonathan J. Moore brings these last hours into sharp focus — revealing what these killers faced when there was no escape left.
Meet George Joseph Smith, the infamous ‘Brides in the Bath’ killer, whose carefully constructed façade collapsed beneath the hangman’s noose. Follow the disturbing case of child murderer Westley Allan Dodd, who believed he could control even his own execution… and discovered, too late, that he could not.
Witness the twisted partnership of the ‘Lonely Hearts Killers’, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, whose deadly romance ended in Sing Sing’s electric chair — one meeting death with eerie composure, the other gripped by terror.
Some met their fate with defiance, others with fear, and a few with chilling acceptance. In every case, the illusion of control gives way to a single reality: justice has the final word.
This is not just a chronicle of crime — it is a confrontation with consequence.
When justice is finally delivered… does the punishment ever truly fit the crime?
‘They hunted the innocent. In the end, justice found them.’
‘Moore doesn’t just tell true crime stories — he forces you to face them.’
‘Dark, compelling, and deeply unsettling — true crime at its most powerful.’
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Faulty or damaged items are always covered. See Returns.
Returns
Damaged or incorrect items (within 30 days)
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