| Blood on the Leaves Contributor(s): Stetson, Jeff (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0446527068 ISBN-13: 9780446527064 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing OUR PRICE: $37.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2004 Annotation: From the award-winning playwright of "The Meeting" comes this gripping debut novel. When white men responsible for brutal murders during the civil rights era are murdered and a renowned African-American professor is charged, James Reynolds, Mississippi's only black DA, must prosecute the most emotionally wrenching case of his career. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Legal - Fiction | Thrillers - Legal - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003059530 |
| Physical Information: 1.29" H x 6.23" W x 9.27" (1.61 lbs) 390 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi - Locality - Jackson, Mississippi |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the 1960s, racism was rampant in Jackson, Mississippi, and it was common for white men caught in the act of killing blacks to be acquitted by all-white juries. But 40 years later, someone is seeking justice; those same men are turning up dead - in the identical manner in which they killed their victims. Now, James Reynolds, who has overcome the odds - and his own personal demons - to become the only black prosecutor in Jackson, will face the toughest case of his life: He'll have to prosecute prime suspect Martin Matheson, a brilliant professor, the son of a venerated Civil Rights leader, and the newly appointed folk hero for thousands of African Americans hungry for retribution. |