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Harlem Sunset
Harlem Sunset | Nekesa Afia
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Named a 2022 People Magazine best book of the summer! A riveting Harlem Renaissance Mystery featuring Louise Lloyd, a young Black woman working in a hot new speakeasy when she gets caught up in a murder that hits too close to home... Harlem, 1927. Twenty-seven-year-old Louise Lloyd has found the perfect job! She is the new manager of the Dove, a club owned by her close friend Rafael Moreno. There Louise meets Nora Davies, one of the girls she was kidnapped with a decade ago. The two women—along with Rafael and his sister, Louise’s girlfriend, Rosa Maria—spend the night at the Dove, drinking and talking. The next morning, Rosa Maria wakes up covered in blood, with no memory of the previous night. Nora is lying dead in the middle of the dance floor. Louise knows Rosa Maria couldn’t have killed Nora, but the police have a hard time believing that no one can remember anything at all about what happened. When Louise and Rosa Maria return to their apartment after being questioned by the police, they find the word GUILTY written across the living room wall in paint that looks a lot like blood. Someone has gone to great lengths to frame and terrify Rosa Maria, and Louise will stop at nothing to clear the woman she loves.
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johncadams
Harlem Sunset | Nekesa Afia
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Loved the idea of a murder mystery set in America during Prohibition. Enjoyed every word.

#murdermystery #crimefiction #detective

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booksandsympathy
Harlem Sunset | Nekesa Afia
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I enjoyed this book. It had interesting, believable characters and I enjoyed learning about them. There were some serious conversations about race, sexuality, and trauma but the author still made it feel fun. I'll have to pick up the first book in the series when it's available at the library. I also definitely want to read the next book when it comes out.

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booksandsympathy
Harlem Sunset | Nekesa Afia
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I know it's the second book in the series, but it caught my eye at the library and they didn't have the first one available, so I brought it home anyway. It's due soon and I'm taking my time with Thistlefoot, so decided to pick this book up and see if I can read it before it's due in three days.

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Preciouz29
Harlem Sunset | Nekesa Afia
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I didn‘t realise this was the second in a series, but I enjoyed it enough that I‘ll be picking up book 1 and looking forward to book 3 if there is one.

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Preciouz29
Harlem Sunset | Nekesa Afia
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I didn‘t realise this was the second in a series, but I enjoyed it enough that I‘ll be picking up book 1 and looking forward to book 3 if there is one.