These Women

A Recommended Book FromThe Washington Post * Entertainment Weekly * Vulture * LitHub * Crime Reads From the award-winning author of Wonder Valley and Visitation Street comes a serial killer story like you've never seen before—a literary thriller of female empowerment and social changeIn West Adams, a rapidly changing part of South Los Angeles, they're referred to as "these women." These women on the corner ... These women in the club ... These women who won't stop asking questions ... These women who got what they deserved ... In her masterful new novel, Ivy Pochoda creates a kaleidoscope of loss, power, and hope featuring five very different women whose lives are steeped in danger and anguish. They're connected by one man and his deadly obsession, though not all of them know that yet. There's Dorian, still adrift after her daughter's murder remains unsolved; Julianna, a young dancer nicknamed Jujubee, who lives...