“Southern 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 it’s 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.”

A very warm welcome to my stop on the Bluebird, Bluebird blog tour.  Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke is published today so a very happy book birthday to the author and publisher, Serpent’s Tail.

To celebrate the release of this exciting new thriller I have one copy of Bluebird, Bluebird to giveaway.  All you need to do is follow the instructions on the Rafflecopter link below:

 a Rafflecopter giveaway

The small print:  The winner will need to provide their name and address – the prize will be sent directly from the publisher.  There is no cash alternative.  Competition open to UK residents only I’m afraid.  The winner’s name will be chosen at random on Sunday 1st October 2017 and notified immediately.  Good luck everyone!

Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke was published in the UK by Serpent’s Tail on 28th September 2017 and is available in hardcover and eBook formats | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | Waterstones | Goodreads |

Mel Melcon, Los Angeles Times

Attica Locke’s Pleasantville was the 2016 winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. It was also long-listed for the Bailey’s Prize for Women’s Fiction, and made numerous “Best of 2015” lists. Her first novel, Black Water Rising, was nominated for an Edgar Award, an NAACP Image Award, as well as a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was short-listed for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Her second book, The Cutting Season, is a national bestseller and the winner of the Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. A former fellow at the Sundance Institute’s Feature Filmmaker’s Lab, Locke has worked as a screenwriter as well. Most recently, she was a writer and producer on the Fox drama, Empire. She serves on the board of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles. A native of Houston, Texas, Attica lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and daughter.

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