He’s been representing Pleasantville in the wake of a chemical fire, and the case is dragging on, raising doubts about his ability. When a girl goes missing on Election Night, 1996, in the neighborhood of Pleasantville-a hamlet for upwardly mobile blacks on the north side of Houston-Jay, a single father, is deeply disturbed. His victory against Cole Oil is still the crown jewel of his career, even if he hasn’t yet seen a dime thanks to appeals. In this sophisticated thriller, lawyer Jay Porter, hero of Attica Locke’s bestseller Black Water Rising, returns to fight one last case, only to become embroiled once again in a dangerous game of shadowy politics and a witness to how far those in power are willing to go to win.įifteen years after the events of Black Water Rising, Jay Porter is struggling to cope with catastrophic changes in his personal life and the disintegration of his environmental law practice. And I couldn’t wait to read Pleasantville – or really, anything else by Attica Locke! It startled me with its intensity and its complexity. It took me just a few days to read Black Water Rising. You don’t necessarily have to read Black Water Rising before Pleasantville although I would highly recommend it. I didn’t know that Pleasantville takes place fifteen years after Black Water Rising.

But it was a little dark and twisty and as a result quite intriguing.

Because her Cutting Season was a great read. I just jumped onto the tour bandwagon because I saw Attica Locke’s name and decided, yes, I have to get on this tour. He was the star of Attica Locke’s intense Black Water Rising, published in 2009.īut I didn’t know Jay Porter until I signed up for this Pleasantville tour.

Pleasantville by attica locke