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Anywhere You Run: A Novel
Anywhere You Run: A Novel
Anywhere You Run: A Novel
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Anywhere You Run: A Novel

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Called One of the Best Crime Novels of the Year by New York Times * NPR * New York Post * Washington Post * Buzzfeed * South Florida Sun-Sentinel * Library Journal * CrimeReads

From the award-winning author of All Her Little Secrets comes yet another gripping, suspenseful novel where, after the murder of a white man in Jim Crow Mississippi, two Black sisters run away to different parts of the country . . . but can they escape the secrets they left behind?

It’s the summer of 1964 and three innocent men are brutally murdered for trying to help Black Mississippians secure the right to vote. Against this backdrop, twenty-one year old Violet Richards finds herself in more trouble than she’s ever been in her life. Suffering a brutal attack of her own, she kills the man responsible. But with the color of Violet’s skin, there is no way she can escape Jim Crow justice in Jackson, Mississippi. Before anyone can find the body or finger her as the killer, she decides to run. With the help of her white beau, Violet escapes. But desperation and fear leads her to hide out in the small rural town of Chillicothe, Georgia, unaware that danger may be closer than she thinks.

Back in Jackson, Marigold, Violet’s older sister, has dreams of attending law school. Working for the Mississippi Summer Project, she has been trying to use her smarts to further the cause of the Black vote. But Marigold is in a different kind of trouble: she’s pregnant and unmarried. After news of the murder brings the police to her door, Marigold sees no choice but to flee Jackson too. She heads North seeking the promise of a better life and no more segregation. But has she made a terrible choice that threatens her life and that of her unborn child? 

Two sisters on the run—one from the law, the other from social shame. What they don’t realize is that there’s a man hot on their trail. This man has his own brand of dark secrets and a disturbing motive for finding the sisters that is unknown to everyone but him . . .

Anywhere You Run had me hooked from the first page... It’s a novel both tender and ferocious—an absolute stunner.” —Lou Berney, Edgar Award–winning author of November Road

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateOct 25, 2022
ISBN9780063082519
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Wanda M. Morris

Wanda M. Morris is the award-winning author of All Her Little Secrets, which has been praised by Karin Slaughter as “brilliantly nuanced” and reviewed by The Boston Globe, LA Times, New York Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Seattle Times, and South Florida Sun Sentinel among others. Her second novel, Anywhere You Run, won the Anthony award for Best Historical Novel of 2023 and was longlisted for the prestigious Mark Twain Voice in American Literature Prize. She is married, the mother of three, and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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    What a great book! Set in 1964 in the deep south, 3 freedom fighters are brutally murdered, trying to help blacks in MS register to vote. Then, Violet, the youngest of her mother's bouquet (Rose, Marigold, and Violet) is raped by a white man, and she murders him. She begs another white man, Dewey, to help her run to safety. However, Violet doesn't want to be with Dewey, and jilts him and runs. Her sister, Marigold, dreams of becoming a lawyer, and gets pregnant by a lawyer in the office. When she tells him of the pregnancy, he bolts. Now, unwed and pregnant, she must make a plan. So, she agrees to marry Roger. But, when Roger beats her, she runs from him. These 2 sisters are now on the run, hiding in GA. But, although they try to make a new life, danger is not far behind. They are still being pursued. I really enjoyed the way Morris told the story, and I loved the fierce independence of Violet/Vera. I also liked how she was flawed, and felt guilty (not warranted) for the death of loved ones. Great book!

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