Book Review #47: "Darktown"

     Hey Everyone,

     

     I am going to review the book "Darktown," by Thomas Mullen.  Thomas Mullen is the author of "The Last Town on Earth," "The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers, and "The Revisionists." I am excited to read his earlier books, because of my fascination with "Darktown." This book is hot off the press being published today September 13, 2016, by Atria Publishing Group. For those of you who would like to purchase a copy of this book CLICK HERE. This book is about historic Atlanta, Georgia, when Atlanta hired its first African American police officers. This book discusses what it was like to be an African American police officer, during this time period. It centers around the murder of an African American woman. Instead of letting this unknown woman go down in the books as a number, two African American police officers went beyond their call of duty to investigate her death. 

     Overall I rated this book four stars out of five. This book also went on my favorites list on Goodreads. This was a fascinating read. It so accurately described this time period, bringing it back to life. It was a well told mystery, in that it captured my attention throughout the entire book. The plot is well developed, including many twists and turns. Along with the plot it had very strong character development. The realness of this book was so excellent it was creepy almost. But creepy in a good way. I highly recommend reading this book.

     I would like to thank Netgalley, Thomas Mullen, and Atria Publishing Group for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Until the next page,

Jill