Aja Naomi King
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On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated outside of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. What happened inside room 306 on the evening of April 3 is the subject of Katori Hall's The Mountaintop. Hours after King's final speech, punctuated by his immortal line, "I've been to the mountaintop," the celebrated Reverend forms an unlikely friendship with a motel maid as they talk into the early hours of what will be his final day.
2) 36 Saints
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Bodies are piling up and Manhattan police detectives Joseph and Michael are confronted with a series of ritualistic murders. As evidence mounts and more body bags are gathered, the detectives uncover the serial killer's sinister motive – that with the murder of 36 righteous individuals, the world will descend into eternal darkness.