The “Black Feminist in Public” series continues with a feature on Lindsey Stewart, an associate professor at the University of Memphis, whose latest book, The Conjuring of America: Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women’s Magic, released this week.
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The upcoming release of her 25th novel is proving to be a time of reflection for Karin Slaughter.
The New York Times bestselling author, 54, will release her 25th book, We Are All Guilty Here, on Aug. 12. The story kicks off her new North Falls series, which will explore the dark underbelly of a small town community in Georgia through the eyes of police officer Emmy Clifton.
We Are All Guilty Here marks a return to her roots for Slaughter, who began her writing career with 2001's Blindsighted. The book was the first in her Grant County series, which also delved into the secrets a small Southern town would rather keep quiet.
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Author Karin Slaughter is kicking off a new series with her 25th novel, We Are All Guilty Here.
Hitting shelves on Tuesday, August 12, the latest in Slaughter’s line up of edge-of-your-seat thrillers continues the legacy she’s built over the last 25 years.
We Are All Guilty Here is set in the small town of North Falls where Officer Emmy Clifford is faced with “troubling secrets” from her hometown when her friend’s teenage daughter goes missing. This will be the first in Slaughter’s North Falls series.
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When New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter and her longtime London-based editor Kate Elton met last year for their annual two-day brainstorming binge to plot Slaughter’s 25th book “We Are All Guilty Here” (hitting shelves Aug. 12), neither one remembered to bring sticky notes.
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The Hunting Wives author May Cobb didn’t know where grocery money was going to come from when a phone call changed her life.
Cobb started her writing journey 25 years ago, with a nonfiction book about a jazz musician she admits she “still has to finish,” but after loving books like Gone Girl and Girl on the Train, decided to try her hand at thrillers. Her debut, Big Woods, came out in 2018 and while it was well reviewed, sales weren’t enough to make a dent in their finances.
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A philosopher and professor at the University of Memphis, Stewart brings scholarly rigor and literary sensibility to a lesser-known part of American history: the role played by conjure women, matriarchal figures of magic and healing, in Black history and American culture writ large. Stewart traces the influence of the concept, and the Black women who experienced it, along branching paths through seemingly distant — yet surprisingly linked — historical landmarks, such as the Civil Rights Movement, VooDoo and even Vicks VapoRub.
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In Water Mirror Echo, the journalist tells the story of actor and martial artist Bruce Lee’s rise to fame alongside the cultural history of Asian America.
You write that Lee is “perhaps the most famous person in the world about whom so little is known.” What do you mean by that?
People knew Bruce and they knew his screen presence, but they didn’t really know who he was off-screen. Bruce Lee is the picture that people have of Asian Americans, but people don’t have that picture filled in.
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We seem to have another sticky show hanging around Netflix’s top 10 list, The Hunting Wives, a murder-based comedy thriller that stars Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman. Season 1 has racked up solid viewership, and at #2 on Netflix right now, it’s only behind huge hit Untamed, the not-comedic murder mystery.
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“The Hunting Wives,” the first season of which is now on Netflix, is ideal summer TV. This lustful, proudly silly drama is just the kind of thing you can be seduced by on a hot day when all you want to do is sit inside and binge. Based on the novel by May Cobb.
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Author May Cobb never expected that her twisty 2021 thriller would be reimagined on screen. But when she met showrunner Rebecca Cutter and brought her to where she’d grown up in Texas, they immediately clicked.
Cobb says they took Cutter on a tour around Dallas to see the “Beverly Hills of Texas,” which she says is “where hunting wives might hang out.”
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The series, based on May Cobb's book of the same name, premieres Monday, July 21, on Netflix.
We Are All Guilty Here
Karin Slaughter
In New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter’s latest mystery, Officer Emmy Clifton faces a personal reckoning when two teenage girls go missing in the small town of North Falls. As Emmy investigates, she discovers the girls had secrets that may have led to murder — sending her on a race to uncover the truth in her seemingly close-knit community.
Release date: August 12
Crime writing phenomenon Karin Slaughter reveals all about her latest page turner, We Are All Guilty Here, on the Ryan Tubridy Show.
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A portion of this BBC “Woman’s Hour” features an interview with Karin Slaughter.
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We Are All Guilty Here
Karin Slaughter (William Morrow)
The blockbuster author of the Will Trent books is kicking off a new series with this mystery set in a small town called North Falls.
When two teenage girls go missing, Officer Emily Clifton vows to find her daughter’s friends, but the teens are hiding unexpected secrets. Aug. 12.
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There are a lot of good TV shows on air right now, but ABC's Will Trent may just be the best — and not just because the cast includes a tiny, scene-stealing Chihuahua named Betty.
Set in a version of Atlanta where people can wear three-piece suits, sweater vests and neck scarves all year round without dying of heat exhaustion, the series focuses on Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI). As played by Ramón Rodríguez, Will is guarded, even haunted at times, but always searching for a way to make the world a safer place.
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Our Mothers’ Names: Love in Many Languages
Uma Menon, illus. by Rahele Jomepour Bell. Candlewick, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5362-2250-0. Ages 4–8. A child’s investigation into the many different words for mother opens up the world of languages in this cross-cultural reflection. Jomepour Bell’s mixed-media illustrations show mothers and children dancing, crafting, baking, and celebrating throughout this fond accounting of maternal monikers.
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Based on Karin Slaughter’s New York Times bestselling “Will Trent” series, Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta’s overwhelmed foster care system. Now, he uses his unique point of view in the pursuit of justice and has the highest clearance rate in the GBI.
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