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A Calamity of Souls
Imprint: Macmillan
Synopsis
'David Baldacci at his best' - Michael Connelly
'An instant classic' – Alex Michaelides
'Baldacci on top form' - Peter James
'A tour de force' – S.A. CosbySet in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a murder case sets a duo of Black and white lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in...
Details
512 pages
Imprint: Macmillan
Reviews
A high-octane legal thriller anchored by a family drama that will break your heart.Ken Follett
Baldacci deftly weaves together legal thriller and historical drama—a tale of high tension, false assumptions and stubborn humanity, where the law is a crucible for who we imagine ourselves to be and how much effort still lies ahead.Stacey Abrams
David Baldacci vividly recreates Virginia in the throes of the civil rights movement, when the laws had moved forward, but the people had not. A Calamity of Souls is a big-hearted page-turner about fighting for what’s right in a world filled with wrong.Jeannette Walls
This is the book David Baldacci was meant to write. Of course it’s filled with rich characters and a mystery at its core, but what makes this novel such a standout is the way Baldacci pours his own past into it. Terrifying, dazzling, and a true reckoning, A Calamity of Souls is a time machine that proves the Civil War never ended—and that the only way out is together.Brad Meltzer