The sun-drenched Caribbean island of Guadeloupe is technically part of France, subject to French law and loyal to the French Republic. But in 1980, the scars of colonialism are still fresh, and ethnic tensions and political unrest seethe just below the surface of everyday life. French-Algerian judge Anne Marie Laveaud relocated to this beautiful Caribbean island confident that she could make it her new home. But her day-to-day life is rife with frustration. Now she is assigned a murder case in which she is sure the chief suspect, an elderly ex-con named H├®g├®sippe Bray, is a political scapegoat. Her superiors are dismissive of her efforts to prove Bray innocent, and to add insult to injury, Bray himself won't even speak to her because she's a woman. But she won't give up, and Anne Marie's investigations lead her into a complex tangle of injustice, domestic terrorists, broken hearts, and maybe even voodoo.
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“Cassandra
Campbell’s narration masterfully plumbs layers of local culture in
Williams’s story of injustice on the French island of Guadeloupe…Campbell’s ability to voice the story’s social hierarchy
and undercurrents of hostility and fear makes for an irresistible
performance. She also handles the variety of island accents well.
Williams’s depiction of a tangled judicial system and colonial power
struggles is delivered with clarity and beguiling atmosphere.”
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