Decent people : a novel

by Winslow, De'Shawn Charles,

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Summary

From Center for Fiction First Novel Prize winning author De'Shawn Charles Winslow, a sweeping and unforgettable novel of a Black community reeling from a triple homicide, and the secrets the killings reveal.

In the still-segregated town of West Mills, North Carolina, in 1976, Marian, Marva, and Lazarus Harmon-three enigmatic siblings-are found shot to death in their home. The people of West Mills- on both sides of the canal that serves as the town's color line-are in a frenzy of finger-pointing, gossip, and wonder. The crime is the first reported murder in the area in decades, but the white authorities don't seem to have any interest in solving the case.

Fortunately, one person is determined to do more than talk. Miss Josephine Wright has just moved back to West Mills from New York City to retire and marry a childhood sweetheart, Olympus "Lymp" Seymore. When she discovers that the murder victims are Lymp's half-siblings, and that Lymp is one of West Mills's leading suspects, she sets out to prove his innocence. But as Jo investigates those who might know the most about the Harmons' deaths, she starts to discover more secrets than she'd ever imagined, and a host of cover-ups-ranging from medical misuse to illicit affairs-that could upend the reputations of many.

For readers of American Spy and Bluebird, Bluebird , Decent People is a powerful new novel about shame, race, money, and the reckoning required to heal a fractured community.

Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "Winslow returns to the small, segregated North Carolina town of his 1940s-set debut, In West Mills (2019). Returning to West Mills in the 1970s after 40 years away, Jo finds that her fiancé, Lymp, is the prime suspect in the murder of his three half-siblings, Marva, Lazarus, and Marian, the first Black doctor in West Mills. Discovering several town secrets as she investigates, Jo finds other potential suspects, even as the sheriff declares the murder a drug deal gone wrong. Eunice had a very public dispute with Marian after taking her son, La'Roy, to the doctor to "have the gay removed." Savannah, whose sons were involved in Marian's plan for La'Roy, had a pill addiction, aided by her friend Marva. Or maybe it was Savannah's father, wrapped up in a bitter fight with the siblings over real estate. Winslow offers several points of view in this character-driven mystery, once again pulling readers in with conversational, highly readable writing while deftly weaving in themes of race, sexuality, and small-town dynamics. Another winner."
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Publisher's Weekly Review: "Winslow (In West Mills) chronicles the aftermath of a triple homicide that rocks a segregated Southern community in his dynamic latest. Residents of mid-1970s West Mills, N.C., become embroiled in the shooting of Black siblings Marian, Marva, and Laz Harmon, after local authorities turn a blind eye. Spearheading the citizen-led investigation is Jo Wright, who moved back to her birthplace after decades in Harlem to retire and marry her childhood sweetheart, Olympus "Lymp" Seymour, the half-brother of the murder victims. Amid speculation of drug deals gone bad, medical malfeasance (Marian was a pediatrician), and other motives, Jo digs into the case, bringing up painful secrets about the town's history. A bevy of characters offer their personal histories and perspectives on the town's racial woes, among them Savannah, Marian's best friend who chose to be with a Black man against her white family's wishes; and Eunice, who sent her queer teenage son La'Roy to Marian in the misguided hope of having "the gay removed." There are a trove of surprises along the way to the well-earned resolution, and Winslow entrances readers with strong characters, impeccable prose, and brisk pacing. As a character-driven mystery, it delivers the goods. (Jan.)"
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Additional Information
Subjects Murder -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
North Carolina -- Race relations -- Fiction.
North Carolina -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Publisher New York :Bloomsbury Publishing,2023
Language English
Description 260 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN 9781635575323
163557532X
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