Henry Carter Hull

The carefully structured world of the Ladies Auxiliary, a group of women at the heart of a close-knit Jewish community in Memphis, begins to unravel when Batsheva, a beautiful, free-spirited young widow, joins their synagogue and catches the eye of the rabbi's son.

"In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's violence to the only place they have left: her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. Half a century ago, Joan's grandfather built this majestic house for her grandmother--only to be lynched, days after becoming the first Black detective in Memphis, by his all-white police squad. This wasn't the first time violence altered the course of Joan's family's trajectory,...

Let the overseas snogfest begin! Georgia and Jas are off to Hamburger-a-gogo land! Georgia plans to track down Masimo, the Italian-American dreamboat, but after a long week in America, she only succeeds in learning importantish things -- like how to ride a bucking bronco. Will Georgia reel in the Italian dreamboat? Or is she destined to live forever all aloney on her owney?

"A collection of stories celebrating the underbelly of the city, its ghosts, and the characters that give Memphis its rich patina of blues." -- Memphis Flyer The Home of the Blues knows how darkness can permeate a person's soul -- and what it can drive you to do. It's the soundtrack to a city that's made up of equal parts hope and despair, past and present, death and rebirth. On the streets of Memphis, noir hits the right note. Memphis Noir features...