Attica Locke
Texan Attica Locke’s noir novel Black Water Rising was nominated for numerous awards and long-listed for the Orange Prize. The New York Times compared it to the work of Dennis Lehane. A successful screenwriter, Locke now lives in Los Angeles
Books by Attica Locke
“It’s the second book in the series, but you don’t have to read the first one. Like Megan Abbott, Locke is a fantastic writer…The fact that Locke has a Black Ranger in this book is really daring. They exist, but Rangers are predominantly white. It breaks with history. When I read about the first novel, I thought, ‘Wow, that is really interesting.’ I like this novel because he gets called to a case. There’s a missing boy, and the family are a bunch of white supremacists. They live in a town that makes its money from tourism by being an antebellum town.” Read more...
Crime Fiction and Social Justice
Karin Slaughter, Thriller and Crime Writer
The Cutting Season
by Attica Locke
“A writer wise beyond her years” (Los Angeles Times).
“Locke writes with equal amounts grace and passion… I’d probably read the phone book if her name were on the spine.” (Dennis Lehane)
“A leisurely and luxuriantly Southern book that is rich with detail.” (New York Times)
“A mystery that expands the whole idea of the mystery.” (Los Angeles Times)
“Locke blends Louisiana’s past with its present, tackling race, self-identity, and corporate corruption.” (The Economist)
Interviews with Attica Locke
The best books on Texas, recommended by Attica Locke
The author of the acclaimed noir novels Black Water Rising and The Cutting Season, Attica Locke, tells us about stories of freed slaves, oil barons and gangsters on the run – books that capture the outlaw spirit of her home state.
Interviews where books by Attica Locke were recommended
Crime Fiction and Social Justice, recommended by Karin Slaughter
Many of us enjoy thrillers because of the pacy story, but good crime fiction has always been about society, says American novelist Karin Slaughter. She recommends five crime novels that are not only great reads but “pry the scab off the human condition.”
