When Cicadas Cry: A Novel by Caroline Cleveland is about Zach Stander, an attorney from South Carolina, who is trying to find the truth behind a murder. In Walterboro, South Carolina, a young white woman is found bludgeoned to death with an altar cross in a rural church on Cicada Road. A young black man, Sam Jenkins, is found covered in her blood and is kneeling over the body. The county is already filled with racial tension, and with the murder case involving two different racial groups, it is bound to explode with more violence.
Zach Stander is a lawyer with a past. He currently lives with his girlfriend, Addie Stone, who is a private detective. Together the two of them try to prove that Sam is innocent but not before they find themselves tangled in a web of lies and deception.
Thirty-four years earlier, two young women were found murdered on quiet Edisto Beach, an hour southeast of Walterboro. The killer was able to disappear without a trace and the police have no leads. As Zach and Addie dig into Ben’s case, they start to see some similarities, and they wonder if there is any connection between the two cases.
The book was filled with twists and turns. I didn’t expect the murderer and thought it was a clever twist. There were a few clues given that made me question every connection especially since we also got to read sections narrated by the murderer. I did like that the book had multiple narrations and storylines. However, sometimes, I do think that the second story line of Addie investigating the cold cases took away from Ben’s case. The book was an entertaining read and I would read more books by the author.
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