Decent People
A Novel
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.
Format: Book
Description: 260 pages ; 22 cm
When three siblings are found shot to death in the still-segregated town of West Mills, North Carolina, in 1976, and the white authorities show no interest in solving the case, Josephine Wright sets out to prove the innocence of her childhood sweetheart,Olympus "Lymp" Seymore, the murder victims' half-brother and the leading suspect in the case.
Subjects:
Murder -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
Authors, American -- Southern states.
North Carolina -- Race relations -- Fiction.
North Carolina -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
Authors, American -- Southern states.
North Carolina -- Race relations -- Fiction.
North Carolina -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781635575323