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Journeys and Journals: Women's Mystery Writing and Migration in the African Diaspora

Carol Allen

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Using literary criticism, theory, and sociohistoric data, this book brings into conversation black...

Mississippi Burning (1988)

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When a group of civil rights workers goes missing in a small Mississippi town, FBI agents Alan Ward...

The Holdout

Graham Moore

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In this twisty tale from Moore (The Sherlockian), the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of The...

Mystery Thriller Courtroom Jury

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

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African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is arrested on...

Escaping Toward Freedom

Denise Turney

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Escaping Toward Freedom is the fictional story of four teens who escape a human trafficking ring....

Literature mystery suspense African American fiction

West Indian Immigrants: A Black Success Story?

Suzanne Model

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West Indian immigrants to the United States fare better than native-born African Americans on a wide...

Rise of The Unicorn

D. Elliot Woods

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Augustus 'Gus' Martin is an embattled LAPD negotiator. Months after suffering a significant blow to...

Mystery Suspense Thriller Psychological Fiction African-American Mystery

Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated Reparation in Books

Jan 12, 2018

[Ruth Rodgers] addresses the changing racial views in the south through her novel [reparation]. Katie and Delia were best friends as young children but as they got older society drove them apart. In their teens Katie witnesses a horrible incident. She carries the guilt of not standing up for her friend and what she knew was right.

Now it is 2006 and Katie has returned home to help take care of her mom. By chance she is reunited with Delia. Katie is determined to make amends and get justice for her friend.

[Rodgers] does an amazing job of portraying the emotions of the characters. The story flows well and the flashbacks fill in the history giving the reader the perspective of the narrator(Katie). I also found the mention of Juneteenth interesting because not many people are aware that this is the Independence Day for the African American community. The historic perspective fit well in with the modern day mystery.