{"product_id":"island-reckonings-thomas-m-king-9798233997112","title":"Island Reckonings","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery island has its secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFreshwater should have been peaceful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a retired pensioner is found brutally murdered in his home, the Isle of Wight stirs uneasily. By morning, the sea delivers another victim - a woman battered and broken by the tide, carrying wounds the water could not erase.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDCI Cameron Ward knows the island well enough to recognise when it closes ranks. People talk - but not enough. Doors open - then quietly shut again. Patterns emerge, only to slip away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewly arrived DCS Gabby Kay senses it too: this is not random violence. It is something older. Something rooted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a third body is discovered in a remote coastal location, the island's calm façade fractures completely. Fear spreads through narrow lanes and quiet homes, and Ward is forced to confront the possibility that the truth lies not in motive - but in consequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs storms gather over chalk cliffs and hidden paths, the investigation draws Ward and his team into the island's undercurrents: long-held grudges, dangerous loyalties, and secrets that refused to stay buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause on an island this small, the past always catches up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd when it does, there are always reckonings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas M. King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798233997112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e APS Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Thomas M. King","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665010757887,"sku":"9798233997112","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17a5d683-5efb-49df-9e57-a538d36b71de.jpg?v=1792010494","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/island-reckonings-thomas-m-king-9798233997112","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}