Ashton Lattimore’s ‘Runner’ Is Prohibition-Era Story of Black Rum Runners
By: Deborah P. Carter | Published: 2026-08-05 18:45:00 | Source: njmonthly.com
South Orange author Ashton Lattimore’s new novel, Runner, captures the fictional world of a female-led team of African American rum runners in 1920s Martha’s Vineyard. After a potentially fishy boating accident leaves main character Lena Jameson’s father presumed dead, she steps up to fill her father’s shoes—and finance an escape from her small-town life. What unfolds reveals the…
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