“The Shawl of Midnight is a remarkable work. I found myself as immediately taken with this book as I was with its predecessor My Sisters Made of Light. Its depiction of time and place, its evolution of character, are told with such convincing detail that it has the ring of truth. I literally read twenty pages thinking I had turned only one. The Shawl of Midnight is a compelling story that belongs in the annals of literature.” - Harry Maclean, Edgar Award-winning author, In Broad Daylight and The Past is Never Dead: the Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption