THE SITE FOR DIE HARD CRIME & THRILLER FANS
FeaturesNews

Attica Locke talks about Pleasantville

1 Mins read

After The Cutting Season and Black Water Rising, African-American author Attica Locke returned to the crime bookshelves earlier this month with the release of Pleasantville. We’ve been sent a short video with the author, where she talks about her writing.

It might surprise you to find out that Pleasantville is a real neighbourhood in Texas, with a strange and interesting history. In the video clip below, she talks about how she used it as a setting for her book, the return of her main character Jay Porter, and how she’s writing for the TV series Empire, due to appear on UK screens soon. Enjoy…

You can read our review of Pleasantville here, and find out what MarinaSofia thought of this new book.


Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Related posts
iBookKindlePrintReviews

FDR Drive by James Comey

The former director of the FBI turned author was sacked by Donald Trump in 2017 and was recently interviewed by the Secret Service in an ongoing feud with the man now back in the White House. Writing legal thrillers is probably a welcome escape from…
Features

Interview: James Comey

After being removed from his position as FBI director by Donald Trump in 2017, James Comey became a writer and there was a huge amount of interest in his book. People hoped he would shed light on what it was like in the corridors of…
iBookKindlePrintReviews

Presumed Guilty by Scott Turow

No doubt many crime fiction readers have eagerly anticipated Presumed Guilty, Scott Turow’s new legal thriller. I know I looked forward to seeing what his character, Rusty Sabich, is up to, now that he’s in his 70s. Rusty, you may recall, was the protagonist of…
Crime Fiction Lover