Guide Me Home
Guide Me Home by Attica Locke is a compelling addition to the Highway 59 trilogy, published by Little Brown in 2024. This edition spans 320 pages and is presented in English. The narrative follows Texas Ranger Darren Mathews, who is drawn out of early retirement to investigate the case of a missing Black college student from an all-white sorority. As he delves into the mystery, he uncovers a town determined to keep its secrets hidden, all while grappling with his own moral dilemmas and the complexities of his relationships.
In this emotionally charged conclusion, readers will find Darren navigating a web of familial ties and community tensions as he seeks the truth about the missing student, Sera. The story explores themes of trust and the pursuit of justice, set against the backdrop of a police procedural. As Darren confronts local law enforcement’s skepticism and his own past, he must decide whether to rely on the one person he has sworn never to trust again—his mother. This edition promises to deliver a thought-provoking exploration of crime and identity within a richly woven narrative.
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In this stunning culmination of the award-winning Highway 59 trilogy, Detective Darren Mathews is pulled out of an early retirement to investigate the case of a missing black college student from an all-white sorority–and soon finds a town that will stop at nothing to keep its secrets hidden.
Texas Ranger Darren Mathews isn’t sure he’s been a good cop, but believes he’s got a shot at being a good man–if he manages to dodge the potential indictment hanging over his head and if he, from here on out, pledges allegiance to the truth. It’s a virtue the country appears to have wholly lost its grip on, but one Darren sees as his salvation. He is in the midst of remaking his life with the woman he loves, hoping for the peace of country living at his beloved farmhouse, when he is visited by someone who couldn’t hold the truth on her tongue if it was dipped in sugar, a woman who’s always been bent of tearing his life apart. His mother. Armed with a tall tale about a missing Black college student, Sera (whose white sorority sisters insist she isn’t missing at all). Darren must decide if his can trust his mother is telling the truth–and what her ulterior motive may be, and what if that motive has to do with a grand jury deciding his fate.
Darren gets his hooks into the investigation, along the way discovering things about Sera’s family and her hometown that are odd at best, vaguely sinister at worst. Hamstrung by local law enforcement and the Texas Rangers who likewise doubt the account of a missing girl, if Darren wants answers, he’ll need help from the person whom he swore to never trust again–his mother.
In this emotionally stirring conclusion to the singular Highway 59 series, set three years after the events of Heaven, My Home, Darren reckons with his life’s purpose as he’s forced to choose between his own peace and the higher call to do good.
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