Description
| Product ID: | 9781781257708 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Highway 59 by Attica Locke |
| Title: | Heaven, My Home |
| Authors: | Author: Attica Locke |
| Page Count: | 304 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating New in paperback: the critically acclaimed sequel to the CWA Dagger-winning Bluebird Bluebird. A Waterstones Thriller of the MonthShortlisted for the Orwell PrizeA Sunday Times Book of the Year ''Political crime fiction of the highest order'' - SUNDAY TIMES''A propulsive and compelling novel'' - GUARDIANNine-year-old Levi King knew he should have left for home sooner; instead he found himself all alone, adrift on the vastness of Caddo Lake. A sudden noise - and all goes dark.Ranger Darren Mathews is trying to emerge from another kind of darkness; his career and reputation lie in the hands of his mother, who''s never had his best interests at heart. Now she holds the key to his freedom, and she''s not above a little blackmail to press her advantage.An unlikely possibility of rescue arrives in the form of a case down Highway 59, in a small lakeside town. With Texas already suffering a new wave of racial violence in the wake of the election of Donald Trump, a black man is a suspect in the possible murder of a missing white boy: the son of an Aryan Brotherhood captain. In deep country where the rule of law only goes so far, Darren has to battle centuries-old prejudices as he races to save not only Levi King, but himself.''One of America''s finest novelists'' - DAILY MAIL''A searingly exciting story'' - SUNDAY EXPRESS |
| Imprint Name: | Serpent's Tail |
| Publisher Name: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-06-01 |
