But desperation and fear leads her to hide out in the small rural town of Chillicothe, Georgia, unaware that danger may be closer than she thinks.īack in Jackson, Marigold, Violet’s older sister, has dreams of attending law school. With the help of her white beau, Violet escapes. Before anyone can find the body or finger her as the killer, she decides to run. But with the color of Violet’s skin, there is no way she can escape Jim Crow justice in Jackson, Mississippi. Suffering a brutal attack of her own, she kills the man responsible. Against this backdrop, twenty-two-year-old Violet Richards finds herself in more trouble than she’s ever been in her life. It’s the summer of 1964 and three innocent men are brutally murdered for trying to help Black Mississippians secure the right to vote. but can they escape the secrets they left behind? A Paperback Original-Also Available as a Hardcover Library Editionįrom the acclaimed author of All Her Little Secrets comes yet another gripping, suspenseful novel where, after the murder of a white man in Jim Crow Mississippi, two Black sisters run away to different parts of the country.
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