The Darkest Flower (Allison Barton, #1)

by Kristin Wright

Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under ’t. William Shakespeare, Macbeth

I don’t feel comfortable slinging around charges of racism as a tactic to gain an advantage for you, of all people. Racism is a serious thing. Calling someone a racist isn’t a handy little grenade privileged white people should throw at each other like some kind of smoke-bomb diversion.”

my job required me to slither around in the putrid-smelling liquid at the bottom of other people’s psychological trash cans.