The Secret of Magic (Hardcover) by Deborah Johnson

from SilversReviews

A year-old murder, a book paralleling events and characters, and the South in the 1940's after WWII. The charm of the South as well as its deep-seated prejudices comes forth in THE SECRET OF MAGIC as Regina Robichard travels from New York City to Revere, Mississippi, to investigate the murder of ...

from Shuffy2

The Deep South: October 1945: A man is returning home to visit his father in Mississippi when he is dragged off the back of the bus and later found dead. In a time of our history when segregated schools and water fountains, Jim Crow Laws and lynching were part of everyday life in the South---woul...

from travelwlee

I thoroughly enjoyed the master storytelling of The Secret of Magic. The author used the history of Mississippi in 1945 and the early days of the NACCP Legal Defense League and the fictional book that one or two of the major characters wrote decades earlier to showcase her storytelling styles. I ...

from mckait

The Secret of Magic by Deborah Johnson is a story about justice. Or maybe it's a story about injustice. Because even in the year 1945, there is plenty of that. Injustice and murder. A young black man returning home from war goes missing, and is later found murdered. But it isn't quite that simple...

from beckyhaase

THE SECRET OF MAGIC by Deborah Johnson This is a wonderful book! The book jacket does not do it justice. I almost didn't buy it. Then I started reading and couldn't put it down. The writing reminds me of THE HELP or TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD or IN COLD BLOOD or even MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND...