Bluebird, Bluebird

Summary

Black Texas Ranger Darren Mathews investigates two linked deaths in a small town along Highway 59, where racial tensions and an old order run deep. Locke uses the procedural frame to examine justice, loyalty, and what it means to police a region still haunted by its past, all set to the cadence of the blues. The novel introduces Darren Mathews and became the first in her Highway 59 series.