Guide Me Home by Attica Locke Hardcover Book

Description: Guide Me Home by Attica Locke "In this ... culmination of the award-winning Highway 59 trilogy, Detective Darren Mathews is pulled out of an early retirement to investigate the case of a missing Black college student from an all-white sorority and soon finds a town that will stop at nothing to keep its secrets hidden"-- FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this stunning culmination of the award-winning Highway 59 trilogy, Detective Darren Mathews is pulled out of an early retirement to investigate the case of a missing black college student from an all-white sorority and soon finds a town that will stop at nothing to keep its secrets hidden. Texas Ranger Darren Mathews isnt sure hes been a good cop, but believes hes got a shot at being a good man--if he manages to dodge the potential indictment hanging over his head and if he, from here on out, pledges allegiance to the truth. Its a virtue the country appears to have wholly lost its grip on, but one Darren sees as his salvation. He is in the midst of remaking his life with the woman he loves, hoping for the peace of country living at his beloved farmhouse, when he is visited by someone who couldnt hold the truth on her tongue if it was dipped in sugar, a woman whos always been bent of tearing his life apart. His mother. Armed with a tall tale about a missing Black college student, Sera (whose white sorority sisters insist she isnt missing at all). Darren must decide if his can trust his mother is telling the truth--and what her ulterior motive may be, and what if that motive has to do with a grand jury deciding his fate. Darren gets his hooks into the investigation, along the way discovering things about Seras family and her hometown that are odd at best, vaguely sinister at worst. Hamstrung by local law enforcement and the Texas Rangers who likewise doubt the account of a missing girl, if Darren wants answers, hell need help from the person whom he swore to never trust again--his mother. In this emotionally stirring conclusion to the singular Highway 59 series, set three years after the events of Heaven, My Home, Darren reckons with his lifes purpose as hes forced to choose between his own peace and the higher call to do good. Author Biography Attica Locke is a NY Times best-selling author of six novels, including Guide Me Home. She is also a winner of an Edgar Award and the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, the Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, and she has been short listed for the Womens Prize for Fiction and nominated for an LA Times Book Prize and an NAACP Image award for her work as a novelist. Locke is also a screenwriter and TV producer, with credits that include Empire, When They See Us and the Emmy-nominated Little Fires Everywhere, for which she won an NAACP Image award for television writing. She co-created and executive produced an adaptation of her sister Tembi Lockes memoir From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home for Netflix. A native of Houston, Texas, Attica lives in Los Angeles, California. Review "Guide Me Home, is the spellbinding finale of Attica Lockes Highway 59 trilogy. . . Locke emphatically writes of a world where unity can be found despite previous divisions. Her narrative combines elements of familial discord, corporate corruption and racial intolerance in crafting a story wherein the drama steadily builds to an apex before its emotional conclusion. This is an outstanding novel worthy of a wide audience."--BookReporter"Tense, gripping...Locke writes with deep affection about her native east Texas, but also unflinchingly exposes its deep racism: the personal, political, and economic history that allows wealthy white people to manipulate people of color. Locke weaves together the mystery of Seras disappearance with the fraught realities of Trump-era Texas, and explores Darrens complex feelings about the career he loves and the mother he has never truly known. Powerful and unsettling, full of layered characters and difficult choices, Guide Me Home is a mystery for readers who appreciate nuance and resist too-tidy endings."--Shelf Awareness, Starred Review"Lockes language is precise, refreshing, and often beautiful in the final installment in the literary triumph that is her Highway 59 mystery series."--BookPage"Engrossing. . . a strong finale. . . richly plotted."--Oline Cogdill, South Florida Sun-Sentinel"Exceptional writing, pivotal character evolution, and a baffling mystery."--Booklist, STARRED"Lockes main order of business here is with Darrens reckoning and reconciliation with a past as full of deceit and false leads as even the most elaborate whodunit. Weve missed Attica Lockes deft and wise way with the crime novel. We want more."--Kirkus Reviews, STARREDWinner of the 2018 Edgar Award for Best NovelA New York Times Book Review Editors ChoiceA Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book PrizeA Washington Post 10 Best Thrillers and Mysteries of 2017A Kirkus Best Mysteries and Thrillers of 2017A Financial Times Best Book of the YearBest book of the year from Vulture, The Strand Magazine, Southern Living, Bolo Books, Publishers Weekly, Book Riot, The Guardian, Lit Hub, The Boston Globe, Dallas News, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Minnesota Public Radio, Texas Monthly, The Daily Beast, and the South Florida Sun Sentinel"A quick course in plotting and nimble characterizations rooted in a vividly evoked setting"--Nicole Lamy, New York Times Book Review"An emotionally dense and intricately detailed thriller, roiling with conflicting emotions steeped in this nations troubled past and present. . . . A rich sense of place and relentless feeling of dread permeate Attica Lockes heartbreakingly resonant new novel about race and justice in America. . . . Bluebird, Bluebird is no simple morality tale. Far from it. It rises above "left and right" and "black and white" and follows the threads that inevitably bind us together, even as we rip them apart."--James Endrst, USA Today"Attica Locke knows Texas, a place that has shaped both her characters and her life. Lockes new book, Bluebird, Bluebird, is evidence of her deep knowledge and love of her community and a deep talent for writing hype thrillers that also manage to be timely, relevant and keenly insightful."--Joe Ide, author of IQ and Righteous"Attica Lockes Bluebird, Bluebird reads like a blues song to East Texas with all its troubles over property, race, and love. Taut where it has to be to keep a murder investigation on its toes, this novel is also languid when you need to understand just what would keep a black woman or man in a place where so much troubled history lies. This novel marks Loves (and Hatreds) comings and goings amongst black and white, and all the shades between. Lockes small town murder investigation reveals what lies at the heart of Americas confusion over race."--Walter Mosley, author of Down the River unto the Sea"In Bluebird, Bluebird Attica Locke had both mastered the thriller and exceeded it. Ranger Darren Mathews is tough, honor-bound, and profoundly alive in corrupt world. I loved everything about this book."--Ann Patchett"Locke is brilliant at creating tense mysteries where the setting is as alive, and important, as the characters without distracting-but rather enhancing-the mystery element. You get history, a great mystery, smart twists, rich characters, and a deep exploration of the justice-and injustice-system of our country."--BookRiots Unusual Suspects"Lyrical, elemental, and pulls no punches, exposing racial tensions past and present while a killer blues soundtrack plays perpetually in the background."--Boston GlobePraise for Bluebird, Bluebird Details ISBN0316494615 Publisher Mulholland Books Series A Highway 59 Novel Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780316494618 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2024-09-03 Imprint Mulholland Books Series Number 3 Audience General Pages 320 DEWEY 813.6 Author Attica Locke We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161360688;

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