Jerry McGill Livres

Set against the bleak winter backdrop of the Pacific Northwest, the story unfolds as a serial killer emerges, targeting white males in Portland and Seattle. Each murder bears a gruesome signature: victims are bludgeoned with a rock-pick hammer and slashed with a straight razor, accompanied by the name of a civil rights figure. As the death toll rises, a dedicated task force is assembled to unravel the chilling connection between the victims and the killer, revealing deeper themes of race and justice.

The narrative explores the challenges and emotions involved in reaching out to someone significant. It delves into the complexities of communication, vulnerability, and the desire for connection. Through introspective reflections, the author navigates personal struggles and the significance of expressing thoughts and feelings, ultimately highlighting the importance of taking that first step in relationships.

A tragedy upends a family's delicate balance in an emotional novel about secrets, guilt, friendship, race, and reconciliation by Jerry McGill, author of Bed Stuy: A Love Story. Who wants to believe their family could ever be broken? Devon and James Payne are brothers and rivals since childhood. But they share an affinity for sports that brings glory to their Connecticut town and promise for the future. Then they're in a car accident. Devon is paralyzed for life, while James goes on to live the dream. For the Paynes, the tremulous repercussions of that evening never settled. Over the course of a decade, Devon decides to visit his seven siblings now scattered across the globe. Each has moved on, yet each struggles to cope with the traumatic event that irrevocably connects them. Devon confronts not only his own demons and family secrets but also the guilt and heartbreaking betrayals that followed in the wake of the tragedy. He also discovers the power of forgiveness--and that coming to terms with the past is the only way to live free in the present.

From the author of Dear Marcus comes a breathtaking novel about a fated love affair that crosses the divides of race and class. Rashid is a young Black man from Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, with a complicated life. Looking for an escape from a neighborhood few ever leave, he finds it in Rachel--married, twenty years his senior, and the daughter of a Holocaust survivor. It begins with a flirtation and a tryst. It becomes an intense romance, exhilarating and enriching, that defies the expectations of Rashid's friends and family. What draws Rachel to Rashid is his curiosity, his need for intimacy, and his adoration--everything lacking in her crumbling marriage. But as the fault lines of their relationship become more prevalent, so do the inevitable choices one makes when falling in love.