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Guide Me Home

A Highway 59 Novel, Book 3

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Guide Me Home

By: Attica Locke
Narrated by: JD Jackson
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In the final novel in the "timely and evocative" (NPR) Highway 59 trilogy, from Edgar Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author Attica Locke, Darren Matthews is pulled out of an early retirement to investigate the disappearance of a Black college student from an all-white sorority and soon finds nothing is as it seems.

Texas Ranger Darren Mathews isn’t sure he’s been a good cop, but believes he’s got a shot at being a good man—if he manages to dodge the potential indictment hanging over his head and if he, from here on out, pledges allegiance to the truth. It’s a virtue the country appears to have wholly lost its grip on, but one Darren sees as his salvation. He is in the midst of remaking his life with the woman he loves, hoping for the peace of country living at his beloved farmhouse, when he is visited by someone who couldn’t hold the truth on her tongue if it was dipped in sugar, a woman who’s always been bent of tearing his life apart. His mother. Armed with a tall tale about a missing Black college student, Sera (whose white sorority sisters insist she isn’t missing at all). Darren must decide if his can trust his mother is telling the truth—and what her ulterior motive may be, and what if that motive has to do with a grand jury deciding his fate.

Darren gets his hooks into the investigation, along the way discovering things about Sera’s family and her hometown that are odd at best, vaguely sinister at worst. Hamstrung by local law enforcement and the Texas Rangers who likewise doubt the account of a missing girl, if Darren wants answers, he’ll need help from the person whom he swore to never trust again—his mother.

In this emotionally stirring conclusion to the singular Highway 59 series, set three years after the events of Heaven, My Home, Darren reckons with his life’s purpose as he’s forced to choose between his own peace and the higher call to do good.©2024 Attica Lock (P)2024 Mulholland Books
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A fitting finale
It’s been a long while since author and screenwriter Attica Locke has graced us with her elegant and evocative prose – five years to be exact – but Guide Me Home was well worth the wait. In the final novel of Locke’s Highway 59 trilogy, former Texas Ranger Darren Mathews is pulled out of early retirement by his estranged mother to investigate the disappearance of a Black college student in an all-white sorority. The case takes Mathews back along Highway 59, deep into East Texas, eventually landing him in the mysterious town where the student’s family resides, and where nothing is as it seems. Set against the backdrop of 2019’s contentious political climate, Mathews’s story is soulfully guided to a fitting end by narrator JD Jackson, one that is filled with heartache and pain, but also reconciliation and redemption. — Margaret H., Audible Editor

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Enjoyed the modern day western!

Appreciate the inclusion of civil rights and what’s going on in this country right now. I suggest that the books be created in to a good TV show or mini series!!!

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So Timely!

The author carefully delved into the continued choices we all make in order to live the lives we believe are correct for us. Her characters are well developed and relatable. The decisions to be made are ones we all face today with similar implications.

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The writing! Attica Locke can write a sentence like nobody's business.

I wish I had read this. The narrator was great but she makes me think and I want to stop and read some things again. It's easier with a book.

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Never a dull moment

I like how the character faces his family issues and his own personal crises. This way an artful way to end the saga but leave room for more.

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Exceptional storyteller!

Ms. Locke never disappoints! This is the third book from her collection that I’ve read. I love her use of words and the beautiful and powerful way she describes what and how her characters are feeling. Guide Me Home was a true page turner. I had to make myself stop reading so I could get my work done. She is an exceptional author. Her storytelling is a true gift! Can’t wait to read the rest of her novels.

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Great story ruined by narration

I love the story. It is suspenseful, the characters are moving, and the background illuminating. Too bad it is spoiled by an annoying singsong narration.

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Slow start but intriguing story

I’ve listened to all Locke’s books, enjoyed the continuing stories and looked forward to this release. This story started slowly and the narration pace was even slower. I rarely change the narration speed on books but had to speed it up a bit on this one. Decent story.

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Attica does it again!

A beautifully written book, with twists and turns. Just enough socio-politics to make it different from the others. Narrator brought to life the way Attica paints East Texas.

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Perfection

I’m so sad it’s the last book but what a beautiful way to wrap a timely series on family, law enforcement, Texas, race, class. Nicely done.

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The nuanced portrayal of the various characters.

I Liked the application of current politics mixed with a heartfelt story of family and belonging

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