The Bottoms | 
pickI really enjoyed this intriguing mystery, set in east Texas in the 1930's. The atmosphere and setting were perfect for this story. Harry is a great protagonist and I just loved getting to know him and his family. His relationship with his grandmother was just 🥺🥺😍
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@Twainy you totally made my day!! Thanks so much for sending this. I was expecting vacuum cleaner bags when I opened that Amazon box 😂😂
pickJust stunning. Writing, language evokes the sultry hot summers, dank woods,muddy river bottom.Depression era, East Texas, small farming town, murder of women in the “bottoms” of the Sabine River. Racial tension, white festering hatred for blacks- lynching, burning, KKK- so immersed in this books harsh,gritty, tragic beauty, I read it in one night. On its way to @Laughterhp #LMPBC
pick@kspenmoll @Laughterhp @sprainedbrain This was a great book. I'm glad you chose it Jenni. On its way to CT.
pickHow is it I‘ve never read a book by this author? How is it this incredible book has sat on my shelf for years like an undiscovered treasure?
This book is so good. Gritty, dark, dazzling writing. So much going on—race issues in very rural Texas in the 1930s, a serial killer, multiple mysteries. Amazing characters! I think Harry Collins will stick with me for a long time.
I hope the rest of group J enjoys this book!
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Hey, fellow Group J-ers😃
What do you think of these options? All are listed as mysteries, and I tried to mix them up a little. Have you read any? Any that you would like to read or definitely don‘t want to read?
#LMPBC
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Been reading a lot of things set around where I grew up—around East Texas. This image of early morning in the woods brought back vivid memories.
“...as daybreak was running like a broken egg yolk through the trees and birds were calling out that they were in search of breakfast...”
Good morning, folks.
This book is reminiscent of To Kill a Mocking Bird but in a darker way. Harry and Tom are out in the woods late at night and stumble upon a black woman murdered, in 1930s Texas. The tensions in the town simmering just below the surface explode when a second murder occurs this time a white woman and a black man gets lynched for it. But what is the truth? Harry and Tom are set to find out who the real killer is.
#recommendsday Another book from my 20+ years of journals that I absolutely adored.
An 11 year old boy finds the body of a young black woman in the woods. This opens an investigation and creates racial tension in his small town. If you can find it, read it!
Confession time: I get unsolicited recommendations from people all the time, and mostly it's because *they* loved it, not necessarily because there's something about it that I'm into. It's become a pet peeve of mine. But here's a rando #recommendedby a library patron that I actually put on the ol' TBR...I don't care much for crime/thriller/mystery, so something about our conversation must have struck me. Do you have any insight?
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