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Bluebird, Bluebird

By: Attica Locke
Narrated by: J.D. Jackson
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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. 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 before Lark's long-simmering racial fault lines erupt.©2017 Attica Locke (P)2017 Hachette Audio Crime Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction
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Attica Locke is a great writer and J D Jackson has a great voice! An excellent novel - I just found the whole racist storyline so depressing. I really believed that 2018 America had moved on and the black people were now treated equally. How naive I am. I found much of it quite hard to listen to and it made me angry - but it's a good novel and probably one we should read to be reminded how unfair life still is for so many people.

Excellent, yet hugely depressing

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I really enjoyed the interconnected narratives and how they were revealed and the character of the protagonist

Great interconnected narrative

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Wonderfully crafted tale of law, love and southern lore, Locke weaves an interesting tale in the detective genre.

intriguing

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A nasty story of violence to women and child abuse. I was sickened and stopped listening

HORRIBLE

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I was expecting great things when I read the cover of this book, but I was sadly disappointed. I felt it was very predictable and didn’t lead the reader to care about any of the characters one way or another. I found it to be a typical story from the Deep South of the US with it racial tensions and undertones. I also found the plot to be lame and to my mind had lots of unnecessary dialogue, which I felt were for padding of the story.
Suffice to say I was hugely disappointed in it.

Such a shame

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