novel on the rise
Readers are buzzing about the mystery debut from Attica Locke, Black Water Rising. The L.A. Times calls Locke “a writer wise beyond her years,” Sarah Weinman is a fan, and the novel garnered positive pre-pub reviews from Library Journal and Kirkus. [via]
Come July, they can add praise from BookPage to that chorus. Whodunit? columnist Bruce Tierney chose Black Water Rising as one of his four favorite mystery debuts of the summer, calling the mystery “an excellent book by any measure, but as a debut, it is nothing short of astonishing.”
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With a name like Attica Locke, I’m already a fan!