When Ghosts Come Home
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| Author | Wiley Cash |
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| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Published | 2021 |
When Ghosts Come Home is a 2021 novel by Wiley Cash.
Plot summary
[edit]In 1984, Sheriff Winston Burnes must control escalating fear and racial tensions in Oak Island, North Carolina after a mysterious plane crash and shooting of a man.
Background
[edit]While writing the novel, Cash researched the history of Brunswick County, North Carolina and interviewed a district attorney on how cases were prosecuted.[1]
Reception
[edit]The book received mostly positive reviews from critics.[2][3][4] Reviewers praised the novel's characters and portrayal of 1980s North Carolina.[5][6] In the Minnesota Star Tribune, Pamela Miller called it "a pretty darned good murder mystery that attempts, with some success, to examine the history of race relations in his beloved state during a certain era."[7] A review from The New York Times praised the setting and storytelling but criticized its handling of racial themes, writing that "this suspenseful Reagan-era story of a Southern sheriff haunted by a violent act in his past seems most believable as the invention of a well-intentioned author writing in 2021."[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Pitkin, Ryan (2021-09-28). "Wiley Cash Discusses 'When Ghosts Come Home' and What Home Means To Him". Queen City Nerve. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
- ^ Kloer, Phil. "Book review: Wiley Cash spins a web of deceit in 'When Ghosts Come Home'". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ISSN 1539-7459. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
- ^ "When Ghosts Come Home". www.booklistonline.com. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
- ^ When Ghosts Come Home | Bookreporter.com.
- ^ "When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
- ^ WHEN GHOSTS COME HOME | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ Miller, Pamela (2021-09-24). "Don't Miss: 'When Ghosts Come Home,' by Wiley Cash". www.startribune.com. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
- ^ Rowland, Amy (2021-10-01). "New Southern Fiction By Percival Everett, Wiley Cash and Andrew Siegrist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-05-18.