King, Gilbert

Beneath a ruthless sun : a true story of violence, race, and justice lost and found / Gilbert King - New York : Riverhead Books, 2018. - 416 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.



In December 1957, Blanche Bosanquet Knowles, the wealthy young wife of a citrus baron, is raped in her home while her husband is away. Journalist Mabel Norris Reese and an inexperienced young lawyer pursue the case, winning unlikely allies and chasing down leads until at long last they begin to unravel the unspeakable truths behind a racial conspiracy that shocked a community into silence.

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