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“Steph Cha is an amazing writer. One of the things I like about this book is that a lot of immigrant stories in America are about how ‘he was beaten to death and he couldn’t speak English, and his life was horrible.’ That’s not so much the experience of second-, third- or fourth-generation immigrants. She’s talking about middle-class Korean Americans, which she is very familiar with, and African Americans in LA. It’s a uniquely American experience. One of these characters’ parents have made sacrifices, and now they’re working in a pharmacy and doing well. They’re middle class. It’s the American dream. All of that is pulled out from under them because of a racist act.” Read more...
Crime Fiction and Social Justice
Karin Slaughter, Thriller and Crime Writer
“It takes on a lot of very serious issues, and does it well—so well, so cleverly, and with a light touch that makes it very enjoyable to read. It sounds like a very serious, dark book, I know, but the experience of reading it isn’t. It’s really entertaining, and very emotional, because you’ve got the children of these adults involved in crimes of the early 1990s, having to cope with the sins of the father—or the sins of the mother, in this case—and the repercussions of everything that happened between their families years ago.” Read more...
The Best Contemporary Mystery Books
Mark Edwards, Novelist
