.LacyMB reviews blacklionking73's AlltheSinnersBleed, a provocative Southern noir thriller that ranks as the author's best yet.
Although most of us likely think of black-and-white movies and the gritty streets of big cities like Chicago or New York when we hear about “noir” mysteries, plenty of modern authors are working overtime to change our perceptions of what those sorts of stories should be and do. In fact, the sub-genre of what’s colloquially been termed “Southern noir” sets its crime stories in an almost diametrically opposed setting: The swamps, mountains, and rural towns of the American South.
When a tragic school shooting terrorizes the community and leaves a popular teacher and a troubled local man dead, Charon is rocked that such evil could possibly exist in their picturesque Southern town. But that’s barely the beginning: It turns out that both the shooter and his lone victim are connected to a series of horrific murders targeting local Black children, kids that had all disappeared over the past two years.
Carefully mixing high-tension twists, a compelling mystery, and timely social commentary on the South’s continuing struggle to reckon with the racism and discrimination in its past,is a thriller of surprising depth. Truthfully, Titus’s story alone would be enough to make for a compelling novel, as he returns to his hometown after leaving the FBI following a violent encounter with white nationalists that culminated in a bloody Waco-esque standoff.
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