The Cutting Season
by Attica Locke
The Cutting Season is a mystery thriller by Attica Locke, published in 2012 by HarperCollins under its Dennis Lehane imprint. It centres on Caren Gray, who runs a Louisiana plantation used for events, after a body is found there. It won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence.
- Editions tracked
- 3
- First edition
- Harper, 2012
- First published
- HarperCollins (Dennis Lehane Books), 2012
The first edition of The Cutting Season by Attica Locke was published in New York by Harper in 2012. We track 3 editions.
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Who published the first edition of The Cutting Season?
The first edition of The Cutting Season by Attica Locke was published in New York by Harper in 2012.
How many editions of The Cutting Season are there?
We track 3 editions of The Cutting Season, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- The Cutting Season, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Attica Locke, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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