The final book in the award-winning Highway 59 series from the author of Bluebird, Bluebird and Heaven, My Home
* THE BLISTERING FINAL INSTALMENT OF THE AWARD-WINNING HIGHWAY 59 SERIES * * WINNER OF THE CRIME FICTION LOVER BOOK OF THE YEAR EDITOR'S CHOICE ** ** LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD ** ** A FINANCIAL TIMES CRIME AND THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR ** ** AN OBSERVER CRIME AND THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR ** 'One of America's finest crime novelists' - DAILY MAIL 'Lyrical, complex and deeply engaged... this is top-quality crime fiction' - OBSERVER 'A searing story about race and class. Locke's writing is exceptionally vivid' - SUNDAY TIMES Texas Ranger Darren Mathews has handed in his badge, and his own mother is the cause of his fall from grace. Yet she may also be his salvation. A black girl at a nearby college is missing, her belongings tossed in a dumpster. A bloodstained shirt discovered in a woodland clearing may be the last trace of her, and Darren's mother wants him to work the case. Disillusioned by an America forever changed by the presidency of Donald Trump, Darren reluctantly agrees. Yet as he sets out to find the girl, it is his own family's history that may be brought painfully into the light.
"A searing story about race and class. Locke's writing is exceptionally vivid, bringing to life her characters' anxieties at a time when white supremacy feels like a growing threat" - Sunday Times
"Written against the backdrop of Trump's America, Guide Me Home is a dark portrait of the nation's ever-present racial tensions by one of its finest crime writers" - Daily Mail
"Lyrical, complex and deeply engaged with the simmering tensions beneath (and above) the surface of American life, this is top-quality crime fiction" - Observer
"Powerful and distinctive... Locke's juggling of societal wrongs and a turbulent crime narrative is as sure-footed as ever" - Financial Times
"A suspenseful mystery and a searing portrait of race and justice in America" - iPaper
"This is compelling political crime fiction" - Guardian
"Locke's writing skills shine through in this crime thriller" - Daily Express
"Vivid and affecting" - Daily Telegraph
"Locke's writing skills shine in this crime thriller" - Sunday Express
"A rich and satisfying conclusion to one of the great American crime series... Guide Me Home is thrilling historical crime fiction and concludes a series that has much to say about a period of history that still feels like a chaotic blur, even as it threatens to return" - TLS
"Locke wraps up her remarkable series with authenticity and wisdom" - Los Angeles Times
"A powerful finale to an unforgettable series" - Wall Street Journal
"A powerful conclusion to her Highway 59 trilogy, Attica Locke's Guide Me Home should earn her new readers... A deeply impressive, moving novel and a highlight of the year" - Irish Times
"Fearlessly blends the political with the emotional... A novel destined to reflect its time but timeless in its skill, honesty and hope" - Washington Post
"At once a gripping thriller and a blistering portrait of racial tensions in Trump's America" - iPaper
"An atmospheric slow burn" - Crime Monthly
"A strong political thread runs through the novel... You will savour this clever and well-written trilogy" - Crime Fiction Lover
"The triumphant finale to Locke's Highway 59 trilogy... A searing portrait of political and racial tensions in Trump's America" - Bookseller
"A dystopia of racism, business manipulation and prejudice soon come to the fore in a novel that has much on personal relations, notably between Darren and his mother, former wife, and current partner. Well-written and interesting, this is a good book" - Critic
"Locke resolves the loose ends of her award-winning trilogy of novels set along East Texas' Highway 59 in ways at once gratifying and unsettling... We've missed Attica Locke's deft and wise way with the crime novel" - Kirkus