{"id":10222,"date":"2024-05-08T21:24:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T01:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=10222"},"modified":"2024-05-08T21:25:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T01:25:33","slug":"book-review-when-cicadas-cry-by-caroline-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/book-review-when-cicadas-cry-by-caroline-cleveland\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: When Cicadas Cry by Caroline Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Cicadas Cry<\/em> by Caroline Cleveland<\/p>\n

Union Square & Co, 2024<\/p>\n

ISBN 978-1-4549-5231-2<\/p>\n

ISBN 978-1-4549-5232-9\u00a0 (e-book)<\/p>\n

Available: Paperback, Kindle edition<\/p>\n

Buy:\u00a0\u00a0Amazon.com<\/a> |\u00a0Bookshop.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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When Cicadas Cry<\/em> by Caroline Cleveland is an engaging murder mystery.<\/p>\n

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A beautiful, young, white woman is bludgeoned to death in rural South Carolina church. A young black accountant, covered in blood, crouches over her. In the eyes of the prosecutor and most of the whites in the town, the young man\u2019s guilt is clear. A disgraced lawyer reluctantly agrees to defend the young man in what seems like a lost cause. But he must also deal with ra town torn by racial tensions.<\/p>\n

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Thirty-four years earlier, two teenage girls were murdered in the same town. Their case was never solved. As a novel approach, the author weaves the first-person voice of the true killer into the plot. The reader is challenged to identify the killer among the novel\u2019s many characters.<\/p>\n

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The author, being a practicing lawyer, weaves interesting insights about lawyerly thinking and courtroom procedures into her story. The novel\u2019s style and plot twists will remind readers of mysteries by other lawyer-novelists, such as John Grisham.<\/p>\n

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Recommended: young adults<\/p>\n

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Contains: gore, mild sex<\/p>\n

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Reviewed by Robert D. Yee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Cicadas Cry by Caroline Cleveland Union Square & Co, 2024 ISBN 978-1-4549-5231-2 ISBN 978-1-4549-5232-9\u00a0 (e-book) Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Buy:\u00a0\u00a0Amazon.com |\u00a0Bookshop.org   When Cicadas Cry by Caroline Cleveland is an engaging murder mystery.   A beautiful, young, white woman is bludgeoned to death in rural South Carolina church. A young black accountant, covered in<\/p>\n

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