The Color Purple Crime Club From humble origins as a

From humble origins as a Cumbrian woodcutters son

but if Detective Sergeant Steel goes anywhere near him

It begins with a phone call

unaware of the clouds of war rising over England

It is 1274 and in the fortified city of Acre

The Color Purple Crime Club From humble origins as aSet in the deep American South between the wars, THE COLOR PURPLE is the classic tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation. Raped repeatedly by the man she calls 'father', she has two children taken away from her, is separated from her beloved sister Nettie and is trapped into an ugly marriage. But then she meets the glamorous Shug Avery, singer and magic maker a woman who has taken charge of her own destiny. Gradually Celie