![]() Lark is a small town, everyone knows each other’s business and this brings added danger to Darren with every interaction especially, as to investigate the case properly, he must engage with Lark’s racist, violent white population. The racial conflict in Bluebird, Bluebird gives a real sense of tension right up until it’s final pages. Lark’s white population is in the main openly racist and Darren, a black ranger, attracts a lot of attention. She has woven racial tensions into her story of crime incredibly well. This is the first Attica Locke book that I have read. ![]() Lark, not unexpectedly to Darren, is a town openly prejudice and with it an inherent violence where crossing racial lines or digging up secrets can get you killed. The local police seem to have written off Wright’s death as an accident. A week later local white girl, Missy, is also found dead. The call is about Michael Wright, a black lawyer from Chicago, found drowned in the bayou behind a local cafe in the small town of Lark. ![]() So, when he gets a call from a friend in the FBI, he sees it as an opportunity to show he’s worthy of remaining a Ranger. ![]() Still, Darren loves what he does, it’s important to him. His career in the Rangers was not the one he’d initially pursued and that hasn’t helped. This and the pressures of his job are affecting his marriage. Waiting on a Grand Jury to see if they indict a friend, his part in the situation has put his job on the line. Texas Ranger Darren Matthews is under the cosh both at work and in his personal life. ![]()
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