Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Seven novels about crimes in communes, cults, and other alternative communities

Melanie Abrams is the author of a new novel Meadowlark (Little A).

Her novel Playing (Grove Atlantic) has been acquired in Italy, France, Germany, India, and Israel. She teaches writing at UC Berkeley and is married to the writer Vikram Chandra. They live with their children in Oakland, CA.

At CrimeReads, Abrams tagged seven novels about crimes in communes, cults, and other alternative communities, including:
South Village by Rob Hart

Ash McKenna plans to waste some time on a commune in the Georgia woods, but when one of the commune members ends up dead, Ash uses his amateur P.I. skills to uncover that this was no accident. A faction of rogue community members who put Ash’s life in danger and a bunch of kooky commune members make this a quintessential commune gone criminal read.
Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue