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“Rainbow Black” is part murder mystery, part gay international-fugitive love story—set against the '90s Satanic Panic and spanning 20 years in the life of a young woman pulled into its undertow.
Lacey Bond is a thirteen-year-old girl in New Hampshire growing up in the tranquility of her hippie parents' rural daycare center. Then “The Satanic Panic” hits. It's the summer of 1990 when Lacey's parents are handcuffed, flung into the county jail, and faced with a torrent of jaw-dropping accusations as part of a mass hysteria sweeping the nation. When a horrific murder brings Lacey to the breaking point, she makes a ruthless choice that will haunt her for decades.
Lacey Bond is a thirteen-year-old girl in New Hampshire growing up in the tranquility of her hippie parents' rural daycare center. Then “The Satanic Panic” hits. It's the summer of 1990 when Lacey's parents are handcuffed, flung into the county jail, and faced with a torrent of jaw-dropping accusations as part of a mass hysteria sweeping the nation. When a horrific murder brings Lacey to the breaking point, she makes a ruthless choice that will haunt her for decades.
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A coming-of-age story turned brutal murder mystery morphs into a queer love story of legal injustice. Hope Newhouse's gripping narration builds the mystery and listeners' emotions equally, balancing the complex themes with dark humor. Thirteen-year-old Lacey Bond is living in rural New Hampshire during the '90s Satanic Panic, a time of mass hysteria attributable to children being manipulated into
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