Guide Me Home

A searing story about race and class. Locke's writing is exceptionally vivid, bringing to life her characters' anxieties at a time when white supremacy feels like a growing threat * Sunday Times *
Written against the backdrop of Trump's America, Guide Me Home is a dark portrait of the nation's ever-present racial tensions by one of its finest crime writers * Daily Mail *
Lyrical, complex and deeply engaged with the simmering tensions beneath (and above) the surface of American life, this is top-quality crime fiction * Observer *
Powerful and distinctive... Locke's juggling of societal wrongs and a turbulent crime narrative is as sure-footed as ever * Financial Times *
This is compelling political crime fiction * Guardian *
Locke's writing skills shine through in this crime thriller * Daily Express *
Vivid and affecting * Daily Telegraph *
A rich and satisfying conclusion to one of the great American crime series... Guide Me Home is thrilling historical crime fiction and concludes a series that has much to say about a period of history that still feels like a chaotic blur, even as it threatens to return * TLS *
Locke wraps up her remarkable series with authenticity and wisdom * Los Angeles Times *
A powerful finale to an unforgettable series * Wall Street Journal *
A powerful conclusion to her Highway 59 trilogy, Attica Locke's Guide Me Home should earn her new readers... A deeply impressive, moving novel and a highlight of the year * Irish Times *
Fearlessly blends the political with the emotional... A novel destined to reflect its time but timeless in its skill, honesty and hope * Washington Post *
At once a gripping thriller and a blistering portrait of racial tensions in Trump's America * iPaper *
Beautiful... I stand in awe of Attica's prose - surely one of the finest wordsmiths currently working in literary crime -- Leonora Nattrass, author of BLUE WATER
A fantastic piece of work. I love a damaged hero and that's exactly what we get with Darren Matthews, a real old-time cowboy. All the characters are vivid and heartfelt, the plot is compelling, and the on point socio-political commentary adds an extra resonance that elevates this novel onto a rarified plane -- Simon Van der Velde, author of THE SILENT BROTHER
An atmospheric slow burn * Crime Monthly *
A strong political thread runs through the novel... You will savour this clever and well-written trilogy * Crime Fiction Lover *
The triumphant finale to Locke's Highway 59 trilogy... A searing portrait of political and racial tensions in Trump's America * Bookseller *
A dystopia of racism, business manipulation and prejudice soon come to the fore in a novel that has much on personal relations, notably between Darren and his mother, former wife, and current partner. Well-written and interesting, this is a good book * Critic *
Locke resolves the loose ends of her award-winning trilogy of novels set along East Texas' Highway 59 in ways at once gratifying and unsettling... We've missed Attica Locke's deft and wise way with the crime novel * Kirkus *