Sitting on the banks of the Mississippi river, Belle Vie has everything one could want in a southern plantation turned historic site and venue: an opulent big house, beautifully groomed grounds, and an unsettling past. But when the body of a migrant worker is found in one of the enslaved workers’ cabins, the present proves just as challenging. Continue reading “Attica Locke, The Cutting Season”
Author: Cynthia Camp
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William Faulkner, Light in August (1932)
…but is it a crime novel?
William Faulkner’s Light in August isn’t a traditional mystery in any sense, but it certainly is a crime novel. It’s the story of Joanna Burden’s death – a middle-aged single woman living alone on the edge of town – and Joe Christmas, the reclusive bootlegger accused of her murder. It’s also the story of a trio of social outcasts Continue reading “William Faulkner, Light in August (1932)”