Walls of Fear
A Kristin Ginelli Mystery
- Fiction
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2022
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Publisher's Description
Kristin Ginelli, a former Chicago cop and current college teacher, lives the hectic, distracted life working parents will recognize. Even though she is on sabbatical to finish her doctoral dissertation (before she gets fired!), she still has to juggle raising her twin boys, caring for her aging, former in-laws, and planning her upcoming wedding. Then she gets pulled into volunteer teaching at a women's prison. The suspicious conditions at the prison and the increasing fear of the prisoners cause her detective instincts to kick in. What is going on behind these walls to terrify the women and even some of the guards? Choosing to find out puts Kristin's life in danger.
Endorsements (3)
“As a good storyteller, Susan Thistlethwaite uses her characters to model for us what decency to each other and commitments to the common good look like. Never afraid to tackle America’s most controversial subjects, Susan uses good storytelling to awaken within us both a deeper awareness of the impact of the abuse of power and what courage in the face of that abuse looks like.”
“In her mystery Walls of Fear, Thistlethwaite shows how Black and Brown women’s bodies bear the hideous brunt of the “war on women” to unthinkable but real extremes. This thriller offers crystalline insights into racism, private prisons, and domestic violence. Deeply poignant moments demonstrate the price of oppression, the joy of justice.”
“Walls of Fear connects current events with the personal tragedies that emerge in what historians and social scientists are calling the carceral state. This exciting work of fiction provides critical insight into the reasons that so many powerful forces seek to silence and destroy the voices associated with womanist thought, critical race theory, and intersectional analyses of inequality and injustice. This is a fast-moving story with an intellectual pilgrimage!”
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