Bluebird, Bluebird
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4.0 • 268 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
A thrilling novel about the explosive intersection of love, race, and justice from a writer and producer of the Emmy-winning Fox TV show Empire.
"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, color, and nuance of East Texas.
"Heartbreakingly resonant" —USA Today
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Bluebird, Bluebird is in essence a modern Western: a tale of a lone man wading into dangerous territory, gamely staring down long odds. When a black man and a white woman are found dead in a tiny East Texas town, black Texas Ranger Darren Mathews leads the investigation, digging up deep, intimate connections among the town’s residents. Attica Locke draws every scene with a vivid sensuality so intense and mesmerizing that we felt we were right there—in each bar, sheriff’s office, estate, café, and darkened bayou copse she conjures.
Customer Reviews
Good story. Slow start.
Good story slow start.
Disappointed
I did somewhat enjoy this read. But I hated the fact that politics got involved in the plot. That made me close this book and not to recommend it to out library group!! Just crazy
Very good
This was a good book. It moved a bit slow at places, too much description of surroundings. Good mystery, lots of unforeseen twists.