Midnight Sleeper: Midnight Sleeper – Book 1 by Raeder Lomax
356 Pages
Publisher: Hudson Square Press HSP
Release Date: June 30 2023
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Multicultural, 1920s, Prohibition, Mississippi, Mystery, Thriller
Beau LaHood lives in Clarkswood, Mississippi with his wife Clementine and their five children. He is a Pullman Porter on the New York Central Railroad’s 20th Century Limited train that runs between New York and Chicago. It is the just before New Year’s Eve 1925 and he is called in to work. On his way to the station, he stopped by the police station to see his friend Lindsay Coleman. Lindsay is accused of killing a field supervisor, but he was acquitted by an all-white jury. As he was leaving the courthouse, he is shot and killed on the steps. The alleged murder, Marston Cobb, is believed to be on the Yellow Dog train heading to New York. The local police ask Beau LaHood to keep an eye open for him.
The story has a fast pace, the characters are developed, and it is written in the third person point of view. Because of the era, there are derogatory names and racial slurs. If you like the jazz era, prohibition, bootleggers, and/or trains, you will enjoy reading this book.
