FYI for those who missed this.
24.02.2026 05:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0THE RECKONING is coming home to Humboldt County in April! Looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones at the Historic Eureka Book Store, in Eureka, CA!
23.02.2026 20:32 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Celebrating the NYT review of THE RECKONING today with a redwood--Humboldt County's biggest treasure!
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I'm gobsmacked again ... THE RECKONING is #13 in the Kindle store for historical thrillers, and #51 overall!
Thanks profoundly to the NYT and to everyone who is giving Renata Drake--and Garberville!--a try!
I am dazed and gobsmacked in the most wonderful way!! Waking up to your book in the NYT is ... well, I'm wondering if I'm really awake! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/b...
28.01.2026 19:44 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Interview with Marshal Zeringue about titles, character names, and more ...
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Thank you, TracyReaderDad! β€οΈβ€οΈ
Congrats to our Cine/Lit film and tv client Kelli Stanley with this latest rave for her new thriller THE RECKONING!!ππ¬
19.01.2026 19:21 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks to Scott Montgomery for asking me enjoyably hard questions at THE HARD WORD!
23.01.2026 20:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A big Sunday morning thank you, Eureka Times-Standard!! β€οΈ The link is gifted!
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I had a wonderful time talking to @jenjumba.bsky.social about crime, injustice, small towns, illegal economies and writing to be re-read!
The STORIED ACCOUNT podcast is available on Apple and Spotify. Give us a listen! β€οΈπ
"Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us."
Thomas Paine, Common Sense
The Page 69 Test on THE RECKONING was unexpectedly revealing!
#newbooks #crimefiction #thrillers #Humboldt
I am honored to particpate in STORIED ACCOUNT, the podcast from librarian, professor, and the all-around amazing @jenjumba.bsky.social.
Please join us on 1/15 for a scintillating conversation about Humboldt County, the challenges of writing such a personal crime fiction novel, and THE RECKONING! π
That's one word for it. Sending you π from both of us.
10.01.2026 00:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Aw, thank you, Becks!! We were Mendo-Humboldt sisters and never knew it til years later! π Hope you're doing ok (despite, you know, our nightmares materializing before our eyes) ...
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Scott Montgomery's THE HARD WORD is a go-to blog for crime fiction readers, and I'm very happy he reviewed THE RECKONING!
www.thehardword.org/single-post/...
An inciteful, powerful review of THE RECKONING ... thank you, I Speak Book Nerd!!
ispeakbooknerd.com/2026/01/06/r...
A huge thanks to the wonderful Marlyn Beebe for her fabulous review of THE RECKONING!
mbstuffandnonsense.blogspot.com/2026/01/just...
Please join Jim L'Etoile and I for an evening of discussion about THE RECKONING, some shared secrets, and Humboldt County lottery prizes! π
Please RSVP here: bookshopwestportal.com/event/2026-0...
THE RECKONING and I had a fantastic time at our launch party, held at the Bay Area's fabulous Book Passage! Launches are a a celebratory ritual about bringing a book into the world with love! β€οΈ
08.01.2026 19:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0BTW ... there's a character named Becky in the book ... hmmm ... π
08.01.2026 19:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Thank you so much, Becks!!! β€οΈβ€οΈ
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Today's the day! THE RECKONING has arrived! Find it wherever books are sold or checked out (libraries!)
Audio comes out 2/24, narrated by award-winning Christina Delaine. I can't wait!
Thanks for reading ... and thank you for your support!
THE RECKONING arrives tomorrow! First stop on the first leg of a whistle-stop signing tour: the famed and fantastic Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA. Not everyone can afford a hardcover, so please ask your library to carry it!
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I'm incredibly honored that the @thecwa.bsky.social has made THE RECKONING (from @severnhouse.bsky.social) their Read of the Month!
Book launch is January 6, just three more days! Thank you, Crime Writers' Association!!
thecwa.co.uk/crime-readers/
Nothing is more beautiful than the box that brings home your newest book! #TheReckoning releases January 6th from @severnhouse.bsky.social. Now, if I can only figure out how idiot AI insinuated itself into the preview shot ...
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βAs the title of [this] fascinating mystery/thriller makes clear, there needs to be a reckoning. If youβre not familiar with northern Californiaβs infamous 'Emerald Triangle,' youβre about to get quite an education.β
David Morrell, author of the NewΒ YorkΒ TimesΒ bestselling novelΒ Murder as a Fine Art
E-ARCS (advanced reading copies) through NetGally are now available for THE RECKONING!
1985 in the Emerald Triangle ... discover the true cost of Humboldt County's number one crop ...
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
#TheReckoning #HumboldtCounty #EmeraldTriangle #Thriller #RenataDrake