Bluebird, Bluebird - Highway 59 by Attica Locke (Paperback)

'Mesmerising ... original ... exhilarating ... Locke is building a compelling body of work. In this age of enduring and renewed racial tensions, we need her voice more than ever' - Esi Edugyan, The Guardian 

'Wonderful ... a superb thriller ... Locke's message of injustice is the more convincing for being conveyed with restraint' - Marcel Berlins, The Times 

'Tight, bright prose ... powerful ... she seems more and more like America's most interesting crime writer' - Jake Kerridge, The Daily Telegraph 

'Locke evokes place brilliantly, writes tangy, fluent prose ... an expertly plotted triple whodunit.' - John Dugdale, The Sunday Times 

'Bluebird, Bluebird is absorbing and Locke's writing is beautiful ... The best crime novel of the year so far.' - Paul Connolly, Metro 

'What is most satisfying about this crime novel is its use of the crime as a device with which to explore something much larger and universal ... Locke's writing is both sharp-edged and lyrical. This is thoughtful, piercing storytelling with the power to transport.' - Diana Evans, The Financial Times 

'Elegant ... gripping.' - Claire Kohda Hazelton, Observer 

'Cracking ... The prose is beautifully rhythmic ... Locke uses her insider knowledge of the area to really get under the skin of her characters, in the process revealing the real beating heart of rural Texan life. It's uncomfortable stuff at times, but it's brilliantly executed.' - Big Issue

'Memorable characters, engaging prose and a soundtrack of down-home blues make for a winning literary crime thriller.' - Jeffrey Burke, Mail on Sunday 

'Page-turning.' - Elle 

'Ms. Locke is a wonderful stylist, able to conjure vivid impressions with a single phrase.' - Wall Street Journal 

'Locke is a brisk writer with a sharp eye for the subtleties of how rural white Southerners tend to act as if their little towns belong to them - and react harshly to black independence.' - Washington Post 

'In Bluebird, Bluebird Attica Locke had both mastered the thriller and exceeded it. Ranger Darren Mathews is tough, honor-bound, and profoundly alive in corrupt world. I loved everything about this book.' - Anne Patchett

'This is the best kind of thriller: as literate and thoughtful as it is fast-moving. Attica Locke has bags of style, and sings the blues on every page. A highlight of the year so far, and the curtain-raiser for what promises to be a compelling series.' - Mick Herron

'Attica Locke has built a career on political novels wrapped in the conventions of the crime thriller, and Bluebird, Bluebird burnishes an already impressive reputation.' - Irish Times 

 'Ambitious, socially committed and beautifully written ... the next time you find yourself in the company of a crime reviewer, don't bother asking who you should be reading. You know the answer: Attica Locke.' - Barry Forshaw, Independent 

'An excellent thriller ... a gripping blend of the personal and the political' - Irish Times 

'As convincing as it is enthralling.' - Boyd Hilton, Heat 

'Genuinely unnerving ... subtle, complex questions of identity, family and history' - Daily Mail 

'Outstanding...Locke just gets better and better as a writer.' - Jake Kerridge, Sunday Express Magazine 

'Her best story yet.' - Mark Lawson, Guardian

'It's a fascinatingly complex setting and Locke maps it with great skill, charting the struggles of her characters as the crime remains unsolved ... a smart legal thriller about how far people will go to gain power, and keep it.' - Jeff Noon, Spectator