Prizes Long-listed for CWA Gold Dagger 2015 (UK) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2016 (UK). And even though Jay is tired of wading through other people's problems, he suddenly finds himself trying his first murder case, a trial that threatens to blow the entire community wide open, and reveal the lengths that those with power are willing to go to hold onto it. Sam is determined that Jay Porter defends his grandson. To enquire about translation or overseas rights to our books, or for film, TV or dramatic rights queries, please see the contacts below. And when her body is found, Axel's nephew is charged with her murder. And then, just as the competition intensifies, a girl goes missing, apparently while canvassing for Axel. But his lead is slipping thanks to a late entrant into the race - Sandy Wolcott, a defence attorney riding high on the success of a high-profile murder trial. Axel Hathorne, former chief of police and the son of Pleasantville's founding father, was all set to become Houston's first black mayor. As usual the campaign focuses on Pleasantville - the African-American neighbourhood of the city that has swung almost every race since it was founded to house a growing black middle class in 1949. SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AND LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016, THE TIMES 10 Best Thrillers of 2010s It's 1996, Bill Clinton has just been re-elected and in Houston a mayoral election is looming. Independent Bookshop Editions and Autographed Books Shortlisted for the Orange Prize, nominated for an Edgar Award, an NAACP Image Award and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize On a dark night, out on the Houston.
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