[Busy with a
bunch of book talks at the moment—on which more in a few weeks—so a series of
brief posts highlighting great new books I’ve read this year. Add your own
recent reads, whether new books or otherwise, for a crowd-sourced weekend
reading list!]
I’ve written
a great deal in this space about the wonderful
Attica Locke, one of my favorite mystery
and thriller writers and a voice that thoroughly
transcends any stereotypical limitations to those genres. Any new book from
Locke is likely to find its way into a series like this, but even with those
high expectations I was blown away by her newest, Heaven,
My Home (2019). A sequel to 2017’s Bluebird,
Bluebird and another chapter in the saga of Texas Ranger Darren
Matthews but, as usual with Locke, also so much more than those details would
indicate, Heaven is one of those rare
novels that both keeps you reading with its plot and characters yet demands
that you re-read for its layer themes and histories. When you add in Locke’s
work on the TV
shows Empire (which she also co-created)
and When
They See Us (for which she wrote one of the four episodes), I don’t
think there’s a more interesting and influential artist working in 2019
America. But don’t take my word for it—read this book, and all of Locke’s if
you haven’t already!
Last recent read
tomorrow,
Ben
PS. Thoughts on
this book? Other recent reads you’d share?
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