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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. 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A sudden noise - and all goes dark.Ranger Darren Mathews is trying to emerge from another kind of darkness; his career and reputation lie in the hands of his mother, who's never had his best interests at heart. Now she holds the key to his freedom, and she's not above a little blackmail to press her advantage.An unlikely possibility of rescue arrives in the form of a case down Highway 59, in a small lakeside town. With Texas already suffering a new wave of racial violence in the wake of the election of Donald Trump, a black man is a suspect in the possible murder of a missing white boy: the son of an Aryan Brotherhood captain. 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Locke's writing is exceptionally vivid' - SUNDAY TIMESTexas Ranger Darren Mathews has handed in his badge, and his own mother is the cause of his fall from grace. Yet she may also be his salvation. A black girl at a nearby college is missing, her belongings tossed in a dumpster. A bloodstained shirt discovered in a woodland clearing may be the last trace of her, and Darren's mother wants him to work the case.Disillusioned by an America forever changed by the presidency of Donald Trump, Darren reluctantly agrees. 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A young woman lying face down in a shallow grave, her throat cut clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo there will be police, asking questions. The family who own Belle Vie will have to be told. There's a school group on the way to visit. Where is Donovan, the member of staff no one has seen? And all the time, Caren is thinking that there are only so many keys, only so many ways in to Belle Vie with its six foot high perimeter fence. And as she lives on site with her daughter, she wonders: how much danger are they in?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA thriller with as much heart as it has pace, Attica Locke combines a riveting mystery with a shattering story of how our history is never just the past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308166558069,"sku":"9781846688041","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781846688041_6d78b9b5-3a6d-4978-b40d-8d7d07624f62.jpg?v=1786029040"},{"product_id":"9781846687532","title":"Black Water Rising","description":"Shortlisted for the Orange Prize, nominated for an Edgar Award, an NAACP Image Award and a Los Angeles Times Book PrizeOn  a dark night, out on the Houston bayou to celebrate his wife's  birthday, Jay Porter hears a scream. Saving a distressed woman from  drowning, he opens a Pandora's Box.Not the lawyer he set out to  be, Jay long ago made peace with his radical youth, tucked away his  darkest sins and resolved to make a fresh start. His impulsive act out  on the bayou is heroic, but it puts Jay in danger, ensnaring him in a  murder investigation that could cost him is practice, his family and  even his life. 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As usual the campaign focuses on Pleasantville -- the African-American neighbourhood of the city that has swung almost every race since it was founded to house a growing black middle class in 1949. Axel Hathorne, former chief of police and the son of Pleasantville's founding father, was all set to become Houston's first black mayor. But his lead is slipping thanks to a late entrant into the race -- Sandy Wolcott, a defence attorney riding high on the success of a high-profile murder trial.And then, just as the competition intensifies, a girl goes missing, apparently while canvassing for Axel. And when her body is found, Axel's nephew is charged with her murder.Sam is determined that Jay Porter defends his grandson. 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