Stand Your Ground, Victoria Christopher Murray
Stand Your Ground, Victoria Christopher Murray
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Stand Your Ground

Author: Victoria Christopher Murray

Narrator: Suzzanne Douglas, Madeleine Maby

Unabridged: 10 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/09/2015


Synopsis

In number-one Essence-best-selling author Victoria Christopher Murray's new novel, three women must grapple with their faith and belief in justice when they become caught up in a highly charged murder trial involving the death of an African American teenage boy whose shooter maintains a ""stand your ground"" defense. Stand Your Ground is the story of three women who find themselves thrown together because of the most horrible of situations. Janice Johnson suffers through every mother's nightmare when she finds out that her 16-year-old son, Marquis, was murdered in the parking lot of a convenience store. But she and her husband's horror becomes greater when they find out that the shooter has not been arrested. The Johnsons begin a quest to get justice for their son - though the Johnsons want to take different roads to justice. Janice wants to work with the police while her husband calls on his brother who is a member of the Brown Guardians, a militant group who've been accused of being nothing more than street vigilantes. This struggle drives a wedge between Janice and her husband at a time when they should be drawing closer together. It doesn't help that there's been infidelity in their marriage in the past that is rearing its head again. Shelly Vance cannot believe that she is in the middle of this nightmare. Her husband, Wyatt, has killed a teenager who he says attacked him. And now that tragedy has been magnified by the racial divide that it's created in the city. Matters are made worse when her husband is finally arrested and put on trial. And by extension Shelly finds herself being judged by everyone, from her employer to her friends. But no matter what, Shelly is going to stand by her husband, even though she has a secret that could blow this case wide open.

About Victoria Christopher Murray

Victoria Christopher Murray is the author of more than twenty novels including, The Ex Files, Lady Jasmine, The Deal, and Stand Your Ground which was named a Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Winner of the African American Literary Award for Fiction and Author of the Year (Female), Murray is also a two-time NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Fiction.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tiffany

Books typically fall into a few categories to me. The first category being that they are horrible books. No offense but these are the books in which the cover sucks, there are way too many grammatical errors to count, and the storyline simply does not make sense. The next category includes the avera......more

Goodreads review by Michael

Janice Johnson ideal life is put to a halt when her beloved son unexpectedly dies. Little explanations and an ongoing investigation is what is making her behave like a delusional and broken mother. Tyrone her husband demands answers as to what happened to their intelligent son who had a bright futur......more

Goodreads review by Rhonda

In the first few pages of Victoria Christopher Murray’s new novel, Stand Your Ground, I was thinking, “This is it -- one of those rare novels that will change me forever.” I was right. A black teenage boy is dead. A white man shot him. From there, the story is set in motion and two women…the mother of......more

I received an Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review. It was all that I thought it would be AND then some. Here is my review: Victoria Christopher Murray is the mistress of first lines. From the very first sentence to the last I was drawn into the story of two women: Janice and Meredith......more

Goodreads review by Topeka

This book evokes so many emotions. It is extremely well written and contains just the right amount of legal reference without being overwhelming. Telling the story from the aspects of both wives was brilliant! The story pulls you in and doesn't let go until the last word of the book. Stand Your Grou......more