Black Water Rising Paperback - 2010 - 1st Edition
by Attica Locke
From a powerful new voice in American fiction comes a brilliant debut legal thriller, written in the tradition of Dennis Lehane and Scott Turow, involving murder, greed, and redemption and set in the oil boomtown of 1980s Houston.
From the rear cover
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
Details
- Title Black Water Rising
- Author Attica Locke
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Amistad Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2010-04-20
- ISBN 9780061735851 / 006173585X
- Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 7.96 x 5.58 x 1.09 in (20.22 x 14.17 x 2.77 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Legal stories, Suspense fiction
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- New York Times Book Review, 06/06/2010, Page 44
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