![]() I’d probably read the phone book if her name was on the spine.” - Dennis Lehane She writes with equal amounts grace and passion. “I was first struck by Attica Locke’s prose, then by the ingenuity of her narrative and finally and most deeply by the depth of her humanity. ![]() Equal parts murder mystery and family drama, the novel also draws readers in through its considerations of African-American history and life in post-Katrina Louisiana.” - USA Today “Dripping with southern Gothic atmosphere. “A thoughtful, well-written and absorbing read with a surprising ending.” - Minneapolis Star Tribune “Although The Cutting Season succeeds as a thriller, above all it is a well-crafted warning about the damage wrought-generational, social, romantic-when the past is distorted or denied.” - Financial Times Great writing, the kind that gives you goose bumps.” - Los Angeles Times A mystery that expands the whole idea of the mystery, reaching from the present deeply into the past. ![]() ![]() Each is willing to use the murder mystery as a framework for much more ambitious, atmospheric fiction.” - New York Times “The impressively astute Attica Locke writes. The Cutting Season does more than exhume a body-it rattles the bones of slavery, race, class, and power to examine a crime that reverberates from more than a century ago.” - Atlanta Journal-Constitution “One of the most engaging and gifted new voices in the genre. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Now, she travels there to find out the truth. ![]() In 1973, Joanna Langley returns home when her father Hugo dies, only to discover a mysterious love letter to a woman named Sofia, sent to a small village in Tuscany. While in hiding, he fell in love with Sofia Bartolli, only to be torn away from her when they are betrayed and he returns to England alone. Synopsis: In 1944, Hugo Langley’s plane went down in German occupied Italy. I cannot recollect one Rhys Bowen novel that I did not adore. I’m also planning to read The Victory Garden, which is scheduled to be released in February of 2019. Second came this book, The Tuscan Child, which was released in February of this year but I didn’t get around to reading it until now. First came In Farleigh’s Field in 2017, which I absolutely loved. ![]() In the last couple of years, she’s started coming out with a few stand-alone books. I’m a great fan of hers and have read and loved both her Molly Murphy Series and Her Royal Spyness Series. If you’ve been following my blog for any significant length of time, you’ve probably heard me mention Rhys Bowen or one of her books. ![]() |