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The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford by Nafissa Thompson-Spires @nafissa.thompson.spires @nafissathompsonspires.bsky.social @kevinrfree @kamaliminter @leojo3 @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #BookSky #TheFourWivesAndFiveDeathsOfRichardMilford
the setup… It is 1927 Newville, Oklahoma, a thriving black township, and the occasion is Richard (Rich) Milford’s funeral. He was a notorious moonshiner and womanizer, his four “wives” (and twelve children) the only ones seeming to mourn his death. Lally, Sophronia, Georgette and Vivianne are also the main suspects in his supposed murder after his body washed up on the riverbank, bloated and missing a foot. But they aren’t the only ones who might have wanted him dead. the heart of the story… I love when stories begin at the end and then work backwards to provide context and color.
