Jay Porter Series, 2: Pleasantville (Hardcover)

from gayla.bassham

It's a fine legal procedural, but the fact that it was on the Bailey's longlist made me expect it to be more than that.

from FictionZeal

Pleasantville is a small town in Texas. It was a planned community housing retired army men, doctors, lawyers, etc who settled there in the years succeeding World War II. It was specifically built in the 1940's to house black families of means and class. In the beginning of this story in 1996, ei...

from herschelian

I must be honest and say that I found this book very heavy going. Despite the fact that it had rave reviews it just never clicked with me. Why? not really sure, perhaps that the reader needed to know a great deal about the American electoral system, and the Texan system in particular; perhaps bec...

from lowie35

Since I liked The Cutting Season so much, I decided to give Pleasantville a try. I didn't realize it was part of a series and wonder if I'd have liked it better if I'd read the first book. It's basically the story of a small Texas town where Jay Porter, attorney and single dad, lives with his two...

from Twink

3.5/5 l read and enjoyed Attica Locke's second novel, The Cutting Season, a few years ago. (my review) But, I hadn't read her first book Black Water Rising featuring attorney Jay Porter. Porter returns in Locke's newest book Pleasantville. 1996. A young girl goes missing after a night of handing ...