Alex Cross’s Trial

This book took me back to a terrible time in the country’s history that we are still feeling the repercussions of today. It helped me to feel the terror Black people felt due to the lynchings and other crimes inflicted on them by the KKK, mostly in the former slave holding states, The reason for the cruel treatment of Black people, and the terrorist night raids was actually shown to be the white population’s fear of losing privileged status in society and their fear of not being able to compete fairly for jobs and resources against Black people who were used to working harder and longer hours for little or no pay. In fact, many Black citizens were still working and living under inhumane conditions on plantations that operated just as they had when slavery was legal. Unfortunately, the government at all levels was in cahoots with the racists, citizens in all walks of life were in the KKK, and thus, the Black population had little to no source of help during those decades of Jim Crow and racial terrorism.

Excellent story of the confrontations of black versus white people in the South after the Civil war. The extreme prejudice of the white people against
black people is evident in lynchings and killings by the outlawed KKK reveals a historic time in America’s history.
When an attorney is sent by the President to investigate the reports of these actions, he ends up being hung by himself and manages to live.
He finds friends that are sympathetic to end of the killings and manage to arrest and bring to trial three suspects knowing that they would be set free to continue their destructive ways.
An epic battle between the blacks and the KKK results in a major change in the behaviors of all involved and leads to a change in the mental attitude of the times.
An excellent writing by this author that is written fairly and accurately.

I loved this book. It s a delightful but realistic plot about the lynchings in Eudora, Mississippi. Full of action and adventures and characters so strong and real that one can easily relate to.

It is not a typical Alex Cross book but an interesting narrative nevertheless.

Very entertaining. I fully recommend.

I have read all the books Patterson wrote plus the ones he has others write( as noted in title another name) This book was written by him, There is no doubt the subject matter was extremely important. The problem I had was while everything was dreadfully noted – in ,my opinion the author was unable to get to your heart with words- This is vert
Y important with such subject matter.

With the exception of a few minor plot oddities, I really enjoyed this book and appreciated its message. I didn’t know if I’d like this book at first – considering it wasn’t a true “Alex Cross” novel – but what I found was a somber and insightful account of race relations in the South at the turn of the 20th century and, to some extension, as we know them today. Every American should read this novel – especially now – due to the heightened and racially divisive climate we live in under the current White House Administration.

“Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” – George Santayana

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