Majestic Hills // A Novel

A Black couple leaves their downtown Chicago condo for a new suburban subdivision, only to find themselves at the center of a maelstrom in this gripping page-turner from the award-winning author ofThree Girls from Bronzeville.

Tired of the daily drama in his emergency room, Dr. Langdon Blaque is in search of a place where he can leave the world behind. He loves his job and has no delusions about the suburbs being perfect, but he wants peace and quiet. His wife Josephine, a lawyer, grew up listening to her fathers stories about the Jim Crow South, and sundown towns. She prefers the city. Still, she agrees to move with the caveat that they stay for a year and reassess.

The tight-knit, predominantly white group of neighbors in Majestic Hills initially welcomes them with open arms. But beneath the veneer of privileged harmony, tensions simmer. When a horrifying crime rocks the community, the illusion of safety is shattered, and Josephine and Langdon find themselves at the heart of a brewing storm that pits neighbor against neighbor, exposes deeply ingrained prejudices, and threatens to implode into violence.

As their experiment in suburban living ticks toward the one-year mark, the Blaques are pushed to a breaking point. Can they find a way to make a home in Majestic Hills? Or has the move put their future, their marriage, and even their safety in jeopardy?

Dawn Turner is an award-winning journalist and novelist. A former columnist and reporter for theChicago Tribune, Turner spent a decade and a half writing aboutrace, politics, and people whose stories are often dismissed and ignored.Turner, who served as a 2017 and 2018 juror for the Pulitzer Prize in commentary, has written commentary forThe Washington Post, PBSNewsHour, CBSSunday Morning Newsshow, NPRsMorning Editionshow,theChicago Tonightshow,and elsewhere. She has covered national presidential conventions, as well as Barack Obamas 2008 presidential election and inauguration. Turner has been a regular commentator for several national and international news programs, and has reported from around the world incountriessuch as Australia, China, France,andGhana. She spent the 20142015 school year as a Nieman Journalism fellow at Harvard University. In 2018, she served as a fellow and journalist-in-residence at the University of ChicagoInstitute of Politics. Turner is the author of two novels,Only Twice Ive Wished for HeavenandAn Eighth of August.In 2018, she established the Dawn M. Turner and Kim D. Turner Endowed Scholarship in Media at her alma mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publish Date: August 04, 2026
• Pages: 320
• Language: English
• Type: Hardback
• EAN/UPC: 9781668049310
• Dimensions:9 in H | 6 in W | 0.8 in T | 1.1 lb Wt
• BISAC Categories: Literary Fiction, Popular Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Crime