The Reckoning List: A Feminist Thriller of Justice and Revenge

The Reckoning List is a dark, gripping feminist thriller that asks: what happens when the system fails, and a woman decides to deliver her own justice?

Mara Desai was an archivist—a quiet woman who preserved the past, until the past came for her. Her younger sister Priya was found dead in a luxury hotel room, the victim of a predator protected by wealth, power, and a network of silence. For three years, Mara fought the legal system, filing petitions, gathering evidence, and believing that justice would prevail. But when the last door slams shut, Mara stops seeking justice and begins planning it.

Armed with a list of seven names—the cop who buried the investigation, the doctor who falsified the autopsy, the journalist who abandoned the story, the socialite who made the introduction, the lawyer who built the fortress, the matriarch who funded it all, and the predator at the center—Mara embarks on a relentless campaign of reckoning. Each punishment must fit the crime. Each target must know why they are being destroyed. And at the end of the list, the man who killed her sister will face a choice worse than death.

Joined by Ishaan, a grieving brother with a list of his own, Mara moves through the shadows of Mumbai and beyond, dismantling the machine of impunity piece by piece. But as the reckonings escalate and the hunters close in, Mara must confront the most terrifying question of all: when the list is complete, will there be anything left of the woman who wrote it?

Perfect for fans of Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and They Never Learn, The Reckoning List is a razor-sharp psychological suspense novel about grief, fury, and the cost of justice in a world where the law is a door bolted shut.