Attica Locke

Un potente thriller sobre la explosiva intersección entre amor, raza y justicia, de la guionista y productora del programa " Empire, de Fox TV " , ganador de un Emmy. En lo tocante a la ley y el orden, el este de Texas tiene sus propias normas... Un hecho que Darren Mathews, un " ranger " de Texas negro, conoce demasiado bien. Con sentimientos encontrados por haberse criado en el estado de la estrella solitaria, Mathews fue el primero de su familia en abandonar Texas y no mirar atras. Hasta que el deber lo llama de nuevo a casa... Cuando la fidelidad a sus raices pone en peligro su trabajo, sube por la autopista 59 hasta la pequeña ciudad de Lark, donde dos asesinatos (un abogado negro de Chicago y una mujer blanca de la localidad) han alborotado el avispero de los resentimientos. Darren debe resolver los crimenes, y salvarse en el proceso, antes de que estallen los antiguos conflictos raciales en Lark. " Texas Blues " , una novela negra rural impregnada con la musica, el color y los matices unicos del este de Texas, es una obra emocionante y oportuna sobre la colision de raza y justicia en Estados Unidos.

Jay Porter is not the lawyer he set out to be, but he''s long since made peace with the American Dream and carefully tucked away his darkest sins. Jay believes he can make a fresh start in Houston, Texas, until the night in a boat out on the bayou when he impulsively saves a woman from drowning - and opens a Pandora''s box. Her secrets put Jay in danger, ensnaring him in a murder investigation that could cost him his practice, his family and even his life. But before he can get to the bottom of the tangled mystery that reaches into the upper echelons of Houston''s corporate power brokers, Jay must confront the demons of his past. A compelling and provocative new thriller in the tradition of Dennis Lehane, Black Water Rising marks the arrival of an electrifying new talent.

It's 1996, Bill Clinton has just been re-elected and in Houston a mayoral election is looming. As usual the campaign focuses on Pleasantville - the African-American neighbourhood of the city that has swung almost every race since it was founded to house a growing black middle class in 1949. Axel Hathorne, former chief of police and the son of Pleasantville's founding father Sam Hathorne, was the clear favourite, all set to become Houston's first black mayor. But his lead is slipping thanks to a late entrant into the race - Sandy Wolcott, a defence attorney riding high on the success of a high-profile murder trial. And then, just as the competition intensifies, a girl goes missing, apparently while canvassing for Axel. And when her body is found, Axel's nephew is charged with her murder. Sam is determined that Jay Porter defends his grandson. And even though Jay is tired of wading through other people's problems, he suddenly finds himself trying his first murder case, a trial that threatens to blow the entire community wide open, and reveal the lengths that those with power are willing to go to hold onto it.

A powerful thriller about the explosive intersection of love, race, and justice from a writer and producer of the Emmy winning Fox TV/Channel 4 show EmpireDazzlingly good ... a seriously impressive writer ObserverSouthern fables usually go the other way around. A white woman is killed or harmed in some way, real or imagined, and then, like the moon follows the sun, a black man ends up dead.But when it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules - a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger working the backwoods towns of Highway 59, knows all too well. Deeply ambivalent about his home state, he was the first in his family to get as far away from Texas as he could. Until duty called him home.So when allegiance to his roots puts his job in jeopardy, he is drawn to a case in the small town of Lark, where two dead bodies washed up in the bayou. First a black lawyer from Chicago and then, three days later, a local white woman, and its stirred up a hornets nest of resentment. Darren must solve the crimes - and save himself in the process - before Larks long-simmering racial fault lines erupt.

THE BLISTERING FINAL INSTALMENT OF THE AWARD WINNING HIGHWAY 59 SERIES WINNER OF THE CRIME FICTION LOVER BOOK OF THE YEAR EDITOR S CHOICE LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD A FINANCIAL TIMES CRIME AND THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER CRIME AND THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR One of America s finest crime novelists DAILY MAIL Lyrical complex and deeply engaged this is top quality crime fiction OBSERVER A searing story about race and class Locke s writing is exceptionally vivid SUNDAY TIMESTexas Ranger Darren Mathews has handed in his badge and his own mother is the cause of his fall from grace Yet she may also be his salvation A black girl at a nearby college is missing her belongings tossed in a dumpster A bloodstained shirt discovered in a woodland clearing may be the last trace of her and Darren s mother wants him to work the case Disillusioned by an America forever changed by the presidency of Donald Trump Darren reluctantly agrees Yet as he sets out to find the girl it is his own family s history that may be brought painfully into the light

VENCEDOR DO PRÊMIO EDGAR 2018 DE MELHOR ROMANCE POLICIALUm thriller poderoso sobre a explosiva interseção entre amor, raça e justiça, da roteirista e produtora das séries Empire: Fama e poder e Olhos