{"title":"Charlotte Carter","description":"CHARLOTTE CARTER is the acclaimed author of the Nanette Hayes mystery series. Her short fiction has appeared in a number of American and British anthologies. Charlotte Carter has lived in the American Midwest, North Africa, and France. She currently resides in New York City.","products":[{"product_id":"beauty-in-the-blood-paperback","title":"Beauty in the Blood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA curse rolls out over centuries, murky and unknowable as swamp waters, shaping and destroying lives.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSarah Toomey is a successful young black lawyer, lovely but straitlaced- and afraid that she is losing her mind. Since the death of her mother, a force she can neither understand nor control is manipulating her memory and driving her to unexplained acts of violence and destruction. At the same time, Sarah is swept up in a highly charged relationship with a work colleague that portends a danger of its own. As she moves through her privileged life in New York, Sarah comes to learn how her past--her haunted history--is intertwined with America's. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYvonne Howard was born into the working class. Now, after years as a prison guard, she has reinvented herself. Her passion for cooking has landed her a position at a trendy soul food restaurant, and she is looking forward to a glamorous career. Then an ex-inmate named Bitty appears, demanding Yvonne's help investigating her brother's shocking death. Before long, Bitty too is dead, and Yvonne is pulled back into a world of ugly violence. Smart but unschooled, Yvonne finds herself in the unlikely role of detective: it is she who must unravel the dark and blood-soaked history that not only doomed Bitty and her brother, but also determined beautiful Sarah Toomey's fate.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103668932831,"sku":"9780593467282","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/hXYq7QvaDr9780593467282.webp?v=1781097406"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/charlotte-carter.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}