A triple homicide in the fictional town of West Mills, North Carolina sets the scene for De’Shawn Charles Winslow’s second novel, Decent People.
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If West Mills might sound familiar, it’s because Winslow’s first novel, In West Mills, was listed for—and won—numerous literary prizes in 2019.
Although his newest release uses the same setting, it’s a completely new story that doesn’t require having read In West Mills.
I recently spoke with De’Shawn Charles Winslow about the fictional town, some of the surprises he found when writing the mystery, and how readers might recognize some of their own biases.
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Decent People by De’Shawn Charles Winslow was published by Bloomsbury.
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