Moggie finished reading All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby
Maybe I've just been reading the wrong mysteries, but I'm used to stories in which one, maybe two, of the characters are Black, swimming around in a sea full of white characters, and not much is said about the effect of that on their lives. This one is nothing like that. Many of the characters, both the "heroes" and the "villains," are Black, and the racist structures that constrain them are addressed head-on. So that was refreshing.
It's beautifully written, and a pretty good mystery, but up until the very end, the main character always feels kind of hollow, like there isn't much substance or nuance to him. He has internal conflicts but somehow they don't seem very present; it's like you're viewing them from a great distance. That makes it hard to really get immersed in the story.