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Evergreen (Willie Black Mysteries)

par Howard Owen

Séries: Willie Black (7)

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Willie Black knew he had a father, even if he didn't know where he was buried. It wasn't like Artie Lee gave his son anything but his genes. He died when Willie was 15 months old, and Artie and Peggy never married. Then, in January of 2018, Artie Lee, dead almost 57 years, reinserts himself into his son's life. Philomena Slade calls Willie, the mixed-race night-cops reporter for the local daily rag, to her death bed to ask him a favor he can't refuse: Keep Artie s grave clean. She's been doing it after everybody else who knew him either died or chose to forget they ever knew Artie Lee. Willie Black finds his father's final resting place in Evergreen, an abandoned cemetery on the east side of Richmond where full-grown trees and thickets obscure memorials to people who, like Artie Lee, are long-forgotten. Willie soon discovers that the almost-impenetrable wilderness of Evergreen is a metaphor for his search for Artie. Artie Lee, a saxophonist and race man who did not suffer bigots gladly, died in a car crash. Willie knew that. When he starts figuratively digging, though, he finds out more than he really wanted to know. Arthur Meeks and Archangel Bright, Artie's friends back in the day, don t seem that eager to talk about him, but Willie keeps pumping them. Eventually, he'll discover how a double-homicide at a Ku Klux Klan rally in 1960 connects with an auto wreck on a deserted road a year later. It's not like Willie has plenty of extra time to unearth a story he might not even be able to write. In addition to covering the always-thriving Richmond crime scene, he's now assigned by his newspaper's most recent boy publisher to do a daily feature from the city's past. Who can blame him if he starts mixing a little fiction with the history?… (plus d'informations)

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The Willie Black mysteries by Howard Owen follow the trials and investigations of a modern-day crime reporter in a world where newspapers fail and the internet fails to support jobs. But these novels are far more than just crime mysteries. They also follow the life of a character so believable that, when he falls in love (again) you really want it to last, and as he ages, you wish he and his family might thrive. The next book becomes a must-read just to know how this believably determined character progresses.

Now happily married and pleasingly committed to protecting his friends and family, Willie Black is faced with another mystery—who was his father, and why was he always absent from his life? The overgrown cemetery of Evergreen’s title is an apt metaphor for past lives hidden and forgotten, mysteries buried in the weeds of secrets and lies, uncovered by the care of an occasional loving hand. But not all hands are loving, and not all memories are properly stored by aging antagonists. Still, Willie’s not one to drop the trail just because it’s inconvenient. And he will never let go once he or his loved ones feel threatened.

Local history, family trials, and the past of previous novels are woven very naturally into this mystery, providing satisfaction for a regular reader of the series and plenty to entice new readers. Characters and places are drawn with fascinating detail. The protagonist’s voice is natural and convincing. Dialog has depth and humor. And the world of reporting is drawn with wholly believable cynicism and honesty—as are the worlds of prejudice, violence and loss. There’s even love as well, and a redeeming lightness to the story’s sad themes that blends perfectly with the protagonist’s honest search and heartfelt loyalties.

I’ve read lots of Howard Owen’s mysteries and I suspect I believe each new one to be the best. This one’s no exception but the truth is, I really enjoy the character, I’m drawn through him to the place and urban history), I’m fascinated by the people and mysteries, and I love the whole series.

Disclosure: I was given a preview edition and I offer my honest review. (

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Willie Black knew he had a father, even if he didn't know where he was buried. It wasn't like Artie Lee gave his son anything but his genes. He died when Willie was 15 months old, and Artie and Peggy never married. Then, in January of 2018, Artie Lee, dead almost 57 years, reinserts himself into his son's life. Philomena Slade calls Willie, the mixed-race night-cops reporter for the local daily rag, to her death bed to ask him a favor he can't refuse: Keep Artie s grave clean. She's been doing it after everybody else who knew him either died or chose to forget they ever knew Artie Lee. Willie Black finds his father's final resting place in Evergreen, an abandoned cemetery on the east side of Richmond where full-grown trees and thickets obscure memorials to people who, like Artie Lee, are long-forgotten. Willie soon discovers that the almost-impenetrable wilderness of Evergreen is a metaphor for his search for Artie. Artie Lee, a saxophonist and race man who did not suffer bigots gladly, died in a car crash. Willie knew that. When he starts figuratively digging, though, he finds out more than he really wanted to know. Arthur Meeks and Archangel Bright, Artie's friends back in the day, don t seem that eager to talk about him, but Willie keeps pumping them. Eventually, he'll discover how a double-homicide at a Ku Klux Klan rally in 1960 connects with an auto wreck on a deserted road a year later. It's not like Willie has plenty of extra time to unearth a story he might not even be able to write. In addition to covering the always-thriving Richmond crime scene, he's now assigned by his newspaper's most recent boy publisher to do a daily feature from the city's past. Who can blame him if he starts mixing a little fiction with the history?

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