Fast paced and engaging , this tale of two female prisoners in Arizona is a winner. I love Ivy Pochoda’s ability to write with foul mouthed street language in one minute and switch to flowing beautiful prose in the next, showing her incredible talent of bringing a story to life. This is a roller coaster ride with ups and downs that left my head reeling and my mind wanting to read more and more.
Florence Baum aka Florida has been imprisoned in an Arizona facility for women. Diosmary Sandoval is her first cell mate The two women become “frenemies” who distrust each other and yet seem to gravitate toward one another. Florida professes her essential innocence and lack of responsibility for a crime that was committed with a male who she claims was the responsible party. When she is released early she travels by bus, against rules, to the streets of Los Angeles.
En route to L.A., Florida is not alone and an unpredictable act of savagery changes the course of her her future.Florida cannot elude, Dios, who has an unhealthy obsession with all things Florence Baum.
I read on and on into the wee hours with this wild ride of a page turner.
My thanks to #Netgalley and publisher # Farrar, Straus, and Giroux for an advance copy of this excellent book in return for an honest review.

"Florida" Baum is in Arizona against her will - imprisoned in a cell. While Florida claims she is innocent of her crimes, her old cellmate Dios (Diosmary) knows the truth. Unexpectedly they are freed together and thus begins a deadly cat and mouse game.

If you like hard boiled western style novels, cat and mouse games and second chances, Sing Her Down is for you! #farrarStrauss&Giroux