Evergreen: A Willie Black Mystery
Written by Howard Owen
Reported by Kevin Kenerly
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BOOK DESCRIPTION
Willie Black knew he had a father, even if he didn't know where he was buried.
It wasn't like Artie Lee gave his son anything other than his genes. He died when Willie was fifteen months old, and Artie and Peggy never married. This could not have happened in the segregated Commonwealth of Virginia in 1960.
Then, in January 2018, Artie Lee, who died almost fifty-seven years ago, reinserted himself into his son's life. Philomena Slade calls Willie, the mixed-race night reporter for the local daily, on his deathbed to ask him for a favor he can't refuse: keep Artie's grave clean. She did this after everyone who knew him died or chose to forget that they knew Artie Lee. Willie Black finds his father's final resting place in Evergreen, an abandoned cemetery on the east side of Richmond where the mature trees and thickets are obscure. memorials to people who, like Artie Lee, are long forgotten.
Willie soon discovers that Evergreen's nearly impenetrable wilderness is a metaphor for his search for Artie.
Artie Lee, a saxophonist and racing man who didn't take kindly to bigots, died in a car accident. Willie knew it. However, when he starts digging figuratively, he discovers more than he really wanted to know. Arthur Meeks and Archangel Bright, Artie's friends from back in the day, don't seem very keen to talk about him, but Willie continues to pump them up. Eventually, he will discover how a double homicide at a Ku Klux Klan rally in 1960 is linked to a car crash on a deserted road a year later.
It's not like Willie has enough extra time to unearth a story he might not even be able to write. In addition to covering Richmond's still-thriving crime scene, he is now commissioned by his paper's newest editor to do a daily report on the city's past. Who can blame him if he starts mixing a little fiction into history?
As he tries to discover what happened to Artie Lee, Willie realizes that when it comes to reconnecting with his long-dead father, better late than never.
But when he discovers the truth, he will see that "never" might not have been so bad.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Howard Owen is a novelist and journalist living in Richmond, Virginia, where he and his wife are editors for the Free Lance-Star. His many novels, including Littlejohn, Fat Lightning, Rock of Ages, and Oregon Hill, have received critical praise from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and more.
Headphones Award-winning narrator Kevin Kenerly earned a bachelor's degree from Olivet College. A longtime member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, he performed for over twenty seasons, portraying dozens of roles.
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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS
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French language
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published on: July 1, 2019
ISBN: 9781982692063
Duration: 6 hrs 18 mins
Genres: Fiction / African American and black / Historical, Fiction / African American and black / Mystery and detective, Fiction / Mystery and detective / General, Fiction / Mystery and detective / Historical
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