Anywhere You Run, Wanda M. Morris
Anywhere You Run, Wanda M. Morris
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Anywhere You Run
A Novel

Author: Wanda M. Morris

Narrator: Janina Edwards, Shayna Small, Adam Lazarre-White

Unabridged: 9 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/25/2022


Synopsis

As Seen on The TODAY Show!Called One of the Best Crime Novels of the Year by New York Times * NPR * New York Post * Washington Post * Buzzfeed * South Florida Sun-Sentinel * Library Journal * CrimeReadsFrom the award-winning author of All Her Little Secrets comes yet another gripping, suspenseful novel where, after the murder of a white man in Jim Crow Mississippi, two Black sisters run away to different parts of the country . . . but can they escape the secrets they left behind?It’s the summer of 1964 and three innocent men are brutally murdered for trying to help Black Mississippians secure the right to vote. Against this backdrop, twenty-one year old Violet Richards finds herself in more trouble than she’s ever been in her life. Suffering a brutal attack of her own, she kills the man responsible. But with the color of Violet’s skin, there is no way she can escape Jim Crow justice in Jackson, Mississippi. Before anyone can find the body or finger her as the killer, she decides to run. With the help of her white beau, Violet escapes. But desperation and fear leads her to hide out in the small rural town of Chillicothe, Georgia, unaware that danger may be closer than she thinks.Back in Jackson, Marigold, Violet’s older sister, has dreams of attending law school. Working for the Mississippi Summer Project, she has been trying to use her smarts to further the cause of the Black vote. But Marigold is in a different kind of trouble: she’s pregnant and unmarried. After news of the murder brings the police to her door, Marigold sees no choice but to flee Jackson too. She heads North seeking the promise of a better life and no more segregation. But has she made a terrible choice that threatens her life and that of her unborn child? Two sisters on the run—one from the law, the other from social shame. What they don’t realize is that there’s a man hot on their trail. This man has his own brand of dark secrets and a disturbing motive for finding the sisters that is unknown to everyone but him . . .“Anywhere You Run had me hooked from the first page... It’s a novel both tender and ferocious—an absolute stunner.” —Lou Berney, Edgar Award–winning author of November Road

About Wanda M. Morris

Wanda M. Morris is the award-winning author of All Her Little Secrets, which has been praised by Karin Slaughter as “brilliantly nuanced” and reviewed by The Boston Globe, LA Times, New York Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Seattle Times, and South Florida Sun Sentinel among others. Her second novel, Anywhere You Run, won the Anthony award for Best Historical Novel of 2023 and was longlisted for the prestigious Mark Twain Voice in American Literature Prize. She is married, the mother of three, and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on June 02, 2022

A powerful and intense tale of suspense and unjust. The year is 1964 in Jackson, Mississippi…during the days of Jim Crow laws. Two Black sisters, Violet and Marigold, live together in the house they grew up in after their sister and both parents die. Violet is raped by a white man named Huxley Broadus......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on November 05, 2022

There are some audios in which you feel that the narrators are the highlight of the story; or perhaps their performance in narration enriches the story. This is such an audio. “Anywhere You Run” is narrated brilliantly by Janina Edwards, Shayna Small, and Adam Lazarre-White. The two women’s voices a......more

Goodreads review by Catherine on November 21, 2022

**Many thanks to NetGalley, Scene of the Crime, William Morrow, and Wanda M Morris for an ARC of this book! Now available as of 10.25!** And I ran, I ran so far away I just ran, I ran all night and day I couldn't get away-"I Ran (So Far Away)", A Flock of Seagulls Wanda M Morris' sophomore novel artfull......more

Goodreads review by Shelley's Book Nook on November 26, 2022

My Reviews Can Also Be Found On:My Blog | Twitter | Amazon | BRC Blog | StoryGraph Wow, what did I just read? This book was so intense. It is about two black women, who are sisters. The year is 1964 and Violet and Marigold are from Jackson, Mississippi. Violet has killed the white man who rap......more

Goodreads review by Linzie (suspenseisthrillingme) on September 29, 2023

It’s 1964 and Lyndon Johnson has just signed the Civil Rights Act into law. But life in Jackson, Mississippi hasn’t changed. When three men, two of whom are white, are murdered for helping Mississippians register to vote, it seems that Jackson is business as usually despite the new law. It is within......more