A Calamity of Souls
24 October 2024
Imprint: Pan
Synopsis
'David Baldacci at his best' - Michael Connelly
'An instant classic' – Alex Michaelides
'Baldacci on top form' - Peter James
'A tour de force' – S.A. CosbySet in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a murder case sets a duo of Black and white lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in...
Details
24 October 2024
656 pages
9781035035601
Imprint: Pan
Reviews
This is David Baldacci at his best. Using the law and the courtroom as the stage for a searing parable on race and the cost and courage to do the right thingMichael Connelly, author of the Ballard and Bosch series
A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci is the immovable object of history slamming into the irresistible force of truth. An examination of a fractured place and time where the mores of the past were confronted by the implacable ferocious tenacity of justice. A Tour de ForceS.A. Cosby, author of Razorblade Tears
From its disturbing opening onwards, I couldn’t stop turning the pages ... it works like a time-machine, effortlessly transporting you to a troubled time in U.S. history; with characters that linger in the mind long after you have finished the book. An instant classic, I will be recommending this to everyone I know. Not just a great American crime story; this is a great American novelAlex Michaelides, author of The Fury
Baldacci on top form - a tragic, gripping and intensely believable thrillerPeter James, author of the Roy Grace series