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Bluebird, Bluebird

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Bluebird, Bluebird follows Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger who returns to his East Texas roots to investigate two murders in the small town of Lark. As a lawyer from Chicago and a local white woman are killed, Darren faces not only the difficult task of solving these crimes but also the challenge of navigating the town’s deep racial tensions. This rural noir delves into love, race, and justice amidst the distinctive backdrop of East Texas.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This gripping thriller is ideal for readers interested in crime fiction that explores complex social issues, particularly those involving race and justice in America. Fans of suspenseful narratives set in richly atmospheric rural settings will find it compelling.

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Bluebird, Bluebird is a "heartbreakingly resonant" thriller about the explosive intersection of love, race, and justice from a writer and producer of the Emmy-winning Fox TV show Empire (USA Today).

"In Bluebird, Bluebird, Attica Locke had both mastered the thriller and exceeded it." - Ann Patchett

When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules – a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well. Deeply ambivalent about growing up black in the Lone Star state, he was the first in his family to get as far away from Texas as he could. Until duty called him home.

When his allegiance to his roots puts his job in jeopardy, he travels up Highway 59 to the small town of Lark, where two murders – a black lawyer from Chicago and a local white woman – have stirred up a hornet's nest of resentment. Darren must solve the crimes – and save himself in the process – before Lark’s long-simmering racial fault lines erupt.

From a writer and producer of the Emmy-winning Fox TV show Empire, Bluebird, Bluebird is a rural noir suffused with the unique music, colour, and nuance of East Texas.

Series: A Highway 59 Novel

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780316363273

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 August 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Little, Brown & Company

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 137.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 272g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Attica Locke is the author of the Highway 59 novels, which include 2018 Edgar Award winner Bluebird, Bluebird and Heaven, My Home; Pleasantville, which won the 2016 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was long-listed for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction; Black Water Rising, which was nominated for an Edgar Award; and The Cutting Season, a national bestseller and winner of the Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence.

She is also a television writer and producer, most recently for When They See Us and the upcoming adaptation of Little Fires Everywhere. A native of Houston, Texas, Attica lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and daughter.

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