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Zusatztext "Publishers like to pepper their hypewithwords like 'superlative!' 'auspicious!' 'universal!' and 'dazzling' (all used about this book)! claims that are usually ignored. This time! though! they're absolutely right. If you only read one suspense novel this summer! make it Black Water Rising." Informationen zum Autor Attica Locke is the author of Black Water Rising , which was nominated for an Edgar Award, an NAACP Image Award, and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was short-listed for the UK’s Orange Prize, and also the national bestseller The Cutting Season , which won an Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. She is a producer and writer on the Fox drama Empire. She is on the board of directors for the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, where she lives. Klappentext Attica Locke—a writer and producer of FOX’s Empire —delivers an engrossing, complex, and cinematic thriller about crime and racial justice Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist (Mystery/Thriller) Edgar Award Nominee (Best First Novel) The Orange Prize for Fiction (Shortlist) “A near-perfect balance of trenchant social commentary, rich characterizations, and action-oriented plot.... Attica Locke [is] a writer wise beyond her years.”?— Los Angeles Times “Atmospheric… deeply nuanced... akin to George Pelecanos or Dennis Lehane.... Subtle and compelling.”?— New York Times Zusammenfassung Attica Locke—a writer and producer of FOX’s Empire —delivers an engrossing! complex! and cinematic thriller about crime and racial justice Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist (Mystery/Thriller) Edgar Award Nominee (Best First Novel) The Orange Prize for Fiction (Shortlist) “A near-perfect balance of trenchant social commentary! rich characterizations! and action-oriented plot.... Attica Locke [is] a writer wise beyond her years.”?— Los Angeles Times “Atmospheric… deeply nuanced... akin to George Pelecanos or Dennis Lehane.... Subtle and compelling.”?— New York Times ...
