Your House Will Pay

by Steph Cha (Faber)

This crime thriller from debutante Cha is based on true events in her native Los Angeles, the killing of 15-yearold Latasha Harlins by a convenience store owner in South LA in 1991. This happened just two weeks after the infamous beating of Rodney King by the LAPD, an incident that would ultimately ignite the 1992 riots that wreaked havoc and tragedy in the city. Cha’s book is about two families, one desperate to remember, the other desperate to forget.