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Heaven, My Home

By: Attica Locke
Narrated by: JD Jackson
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In this "captivating" crime novel (People), Texas Ranger Darren Mathews is on the hunt for a missing child - but it's the boy's family of white supremacists who are his real target.

Nine-year-old Levi King knew he should have left for home sooner; now he's alone in the darkness of vast Caddo Lake, in a boat whose motor just died. A sudden noise distracts him - and all goes dark.

Darren Mathews is trying to emerge from another kind of darkness; after the events of his previous investigation, his marriage is in a precarious state of rebuilding, and his career and reputation lie in the hands of his mother, who's never exactly had his best interests at heart. Now she holds the key to his freedom, and she's not above a little maternal 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 where the local economy thrives on nostalgia for antebellum Texas - and some of the era's racial attitudes still thrive as well. Levi's disappearance has links to Darren's last case, and to a wealthy businesswoman, the boy's grandmother, who seems more concerned about the fate of her business than that of her grandson.

Darren has to battle centuries-old suspicions and prejudices, as well as threats that have been reignited in the current political climate, as he races to find the boy, and to save himself.

A Best Book of the Year
New York TimesHouston Chronicle • NPR • Wall Street JournalMilwaukee Journal-SentinelBookPageFinancial TimesKirkus SheReadsSunday TimesLitHub Guardian Book RiotSouth Florida Sun Sentinel

Longlisted for the Orwell Political Fiction Book Prize

©2019 Attica Locke (P)2019 Hachette Audio
African American Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Disappearance Fiction Texas Exciting Heartfelt Suspense
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Critic reviews

"JD Jackson needs the range of a grand piano to do justice to Attica Locke's East Texas, and his skills and appealing baritone have it covered.... Locke is protecting no one here, and Jackson makes these flawed, believable characters a pleasure to love or hate. Add some antebellum fantasy tourist trap fraudsters, and you have a distinctly uncozy puzzle for our time, beautifully performed." (AudioFile magazine)

"In addition to her gifts for tight pacing and intense lyricism, Locke shows with this installment of her Highway 59 series a facility for unraveling the tangled strands of the Southwest's cultural legacy and weaving them back together with the volatile racial politics and traumatic economic stresses of the present day.... Locke's advancement here is so bracing that you can't wait to discover what happens next along her East Texas highway." (Kirkus, starred review)

"Locke makes the complex backstory accessible. This one's another Edgar contender." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

"This is a beautifully and instantly gripping crime novel.... Locke is one of the emerging stars of crime fiction." (Booklist, starred review)

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Engaging Mystery • Complex Characters • Historical Connections • Relevant Social Issues • Beautiful Writing
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It takes an amazing writer to evoke compassion for characters that you know you should hate. A great read with a twist that I didn't see coming...and I always see them coming. Can't wait for the next book in this series.

Perfect!

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Continuing story of Texas ranger Darren with interesting sub stories re race, relationships and friendships.

Great story

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Easy read. Book club selection. Enjoyed by all. Story well told by the main character.

Easy read. continues from first book. Book club

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This has a tougher start than the first book, but if you like reading about making bad decisions...this is the book for you. The character and performance make up for a few areas in the story that felt contrived. I do recommend this book.

A tougher start, but I couldnt put it down

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There were so many relevant and relatable thoughts conveyed in the telling of this story. I thoroughly enjoyed the depth of the journey the book took you on through race, politics and internal struggle to be the best version of yourself. Great story!

Great Story

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I absolutely love her style of storytelling. she is excellent at captivating the audience. I recommend her books to all.

Attica Locke does it again.

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The exciting mystery plot had me trying to figure out the connection to each of the characters .The way the author wrote history into the story by the layers of the characters and their relationships to race ,gender age region and class! The description of the settings and environment s gave the reader a sense of being an observer’ within the story and the ending “Oh my”….

UNEXPECTED PEOPLE

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I have listened to Attica Locke's three previous books, which were wonderful, and I mean WONDERFUL. I'm not a fan of this narrator, but Bluebird, Bluebird was so well constructed that I could overlook his delivery.
This book, however, her second in this series, feels hastily written, and could not help me forget how much I disliked the voice reading it. The ideas are all there - waiting to be better organized and delivered- but the story doesn't do them the justice they deserve. I don't know if Ms Locke switched editors or if they all decided that getting this book out fast was more important than doing a good job. Whatever the reason, this book doesn't hold a candle to her others, and it's a shame because it has at least as much to say.

Hastily Written, Poorly Performed

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I thought the book was good but it had a lot of slow spots for me. I don't really mind that when I'm reading if those instances are providing me with information that usually comes up later in the book. But this time it felt a little more like literary filler in some spots. There were a few loose ends at the finish but I guess there has to be a place to pick up for the next installment in the series. I liked it but I hope the next book moves a little faster and wraps up a couple of nagging story-lines for the audience. I would like to see it develop in some new areas and explore some of the known characters that still don't have much development. I've read all but 1 of the author's books so I know it can only get better the next time around.

Good But A Lot of Slow Spots

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Excellent writing and read very well by the narrator. Whenever I had to pause the story, I was anxious to get back to listening again. Descriptions really created a detailed image in my mind. Can’t wait to listen to more of Attica Locke’s work, hopefully with the same narration by JD Jackson.

Absolutely captivating story!

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