In a novel that "brings authentic history to light,"* a young female attorney fr
om New York City attempts the impossible in 1946: attaining justice for a black
man in the Deep South.
Regina Robichard works for Thurgood Marshall, who recei
ves an unusual letter asking the NAACP to investigate the murder of a returning
black war hero. It is signed by M. P. Calhoun, the most reclusive author in the
country.
As a child, Regina was captivated by Calhoun's "The Secret of Magic,"
a novel in which white and black children played together in a magical forest.
The book was a sensation, featured on the cover of "Time "magazine, and banned m
ore than any other book in the South. And then M.P. Calhoun disappeared.
With
Thurgood's permission, Regina heads down to Mississippi to find Calhoun and inve
stigate the case. But as she navigates the muddy waters of racism, relationships
, and her own tragic past, she finds that nothing in the South is as it seems.
