The Kingdoms of Savannah

by George Dawes Green

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"Around these parts, the publication of a new George Dawes Green novel is an event. ... Green leans all the way into Southern Gothic, but the main grotesquerie is the city's history, built on the backs of enslaved people. His prose is languid, even luxurious, but at critical moments of suspense, he pares it back to ramp up the terror."
--New York Times Book Review

Savannah may appear to be "some town out of a fable," with its vine flowers, turreted mansions, and ghost tours that romanticize the city's history. But look deeper and you'll uncover secrets, past and present, that tell a more sinister tale. It's the story at the heart of George Dawes Green's chilling new novel, The Kingdoms of Savannah.

It begins quietly on a balmy Southern night as some locals gather at Bo Peep's, one of the town's favorite watering holes. Within an hour, however, a man will be murdered and his companion will be "disappeared." An unlikely detective, Morgana Musgrove, doyenne of Savannah society, is called upon to unravel the mystery of these crimes. Morgana is an imperious, demanding, and conniving woman, whose four grown children are weary of her schemes. But one by one she inveigles them into helping with her investigation, and soon the family uncovers some terrifying truths--truths that will rock Savannah's power structure to its core.

Moving from the homeless encampments that ring the city to the stately homes of Savannah's elite, Green's novel brilliantly depicts the underbelly of a city with a dark history and the strangely mesmerizing dysfunction of a complex family.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:125076744X

ISBN13:9781250767448

Release Date:July 2022

Publisher:Celadon Books

Length:304 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.2" x 9.4"

Related Subjects

Murder Investigations Wealthy Families Southern Gothic Thriller Family Secrets Revealed Power Struggles Fiction Literature & Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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Quirky

Published by Zonda , 9 months ago

I'm a history nerd. I love it when a book introduces me to details that take me "down the rabbit hole" to other areas of interest. This book provided intriguing characters and a good story. It was a quick read and left me wanting a sequel or other choice in this vein.

A dark, gripping mystery in Savannah

Published by lurkykitty , 2 years ago

When Luke, a young homeless man, is found dead in a burned-out house, Morgana, the matriarch of the dysfunctional, wealthy Musgrove family is called by a local real estate developer to investigate. She recruits her reluctant family members to band together to solve the murder and the disappearance of the victim's friend, Stony. The writing is polished and the pacing taut. The plot encompasses a mixture of death, life, family drama, secrets, lies, greed, privilege, corruption, racism, and economic disparity. The Savannah setting is atmospheric as the picturesque tourist gloss is peeled away to reveal the city's sordid, ugly history and present. The characters are well-developed, flawed, complex and morally grey. The Kingdoms of Savannah is a dark, suspenseful, gripping and thought-provoking mystery. Thank you to BookishFirst and Celadon Books for a copy to review. @CeladonBooks #BookishFirst #KingdomsOfSavannah #CeladonReads #partner

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