The Cutting Season

Attica Locke

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English

Serpents Tail
30 July 2013

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Just after dawn, Caren inspects the grounds of Belle Vie, the historic plantation house she manages. Back at her office, the gardener calls to tell her she missed something. Something terrible.

At a distance, she didn't see. A young woman lying face down in a shallow grave, her throat cut clean.

So there will be police, asking questions. The family who own Belle Vie will have to be told. There's a school group on the way to visit. Where is Donovan, the member of staff no one has seen?

And all the time, Caren is thinking that there are only so many keys, only so many ways in to Belle Vie with its six foot high perimeter fence. And as she lives on site with her daughter, she wonders: how much danger are they in?

A thriller with as much heart as it has pace, Attica Locke combines a riveting mystery with a shattering story of how our history is never just the past.

By: Attica Locke
Imprint: Serpents Tail
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 294g
ISBN: 9781846688041
ISBN 10: 1846688043
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 30 July 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Attica Locke's first novel Black Water Rising [9781846687532] was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, nominated for an Edgar Award, an NAACP Image Award and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Attica is also a screenwriter who has written for Paramount, Warner Bros, Twentieth Century Fox, HBO and Dreamworks. A native of Houston, Texas, Attica lives in Los Angeles, with her husband and daughter.

Reviews for The Cutting Season

'Rich in atmosphere, strong in story, hinges on human complexity. The tangled rope of history has a stranglehold on everyone... illuminates our present and explains us to ourselves... leaving us on the edge of our seats, hearts in our mouths' (Val McDermid, Guardian) 'Genuinely unnerving... interested in subtle, complex questions of identity, family and history' (Daily Mail) 'Locke was shortlisted for the Orange prize for her debut. This is even better' (Observer)