bad news vs reckoning

bad news

noun
  • An irritating, troublesome or harmful person, situation or thing. 

  • News of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events. 

reckoning

noun
  • The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions. 

  • An opinion or judgement. 

  • The action of calculating or estimating something. 

  • A summing up or appraisal. 

  • The settlement of accounts, as between parties. 

How often have the words bad news and reckoning occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )