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African-American Mysteries
Whether it's the smoky jazz joints of New York or a multi-racial housing project in Los Angeles, justice comes to the streets in shades of sable. For a print-friendly version of this booklist, click here | For a paged version with covershots, click here  Print Friendly Format |
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Tell no Tales by Eleanor Taylor Bland Chicago police detective Marti MacAlister returns early from her honeymoon to tackle two baffling cases--one a mummified body and one a much fresher corpse. [From Ingram] |
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Rhode Island Red by Charlotte Carter Nanette Hayes is a former child prodigy with a Master's degree in French, but earns her living playing saxophone for spare change on New York's funkiest, meanest streets… Suddenly, the law is on her case, a jazz-loving gangster is making moves on her heart, her buppie boyfriend wants to tie the knot, and Nanette finds herself on the trail of one of the music world's greatest mysteries. [From Ingram] |
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If I Should Die by Grace F. Edwards Mali Anderson used to be a cop, until she punched out a fellow officer for sexual slurs; now she's working toward a Ph.D. in social work, raising her orphaned nephew, and living with her jazz musician father on a street in Harlem nicknamed Strivers Row. [From Amazon.com] |
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Stress by Loren D. Estleman S.T.R.E.S.S. might be Detroit's elite police undercover squad, but to black rookie cop Charlie Battle, it's nothing less than an execution squad targeting blacks. As Battle tries to walk the thin blue line between supporting his fellow officers and his own racial pride, he is compelled to speak out in a police department where talking against the squad may be the ultimate crime. [From Ingram] |
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Blowback by Eric James Fullilove Richard Whelan is the National Security Advisor to the president of the U.S. He's also on the run, framed for a murder he didn't commit. As if that weren't enough, Whelan--if he can stay alive and out of jail--is the only person capable of stopping a nuclear detonation that threatens to destroy a large chunk of the world. [From Kirkus Reviews] |
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A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly A lush and haunting novel of a city steeped in decadent pleasures...and of a man, proud and defiant, caught in a web of murder and betrayal. [Book description] |
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Cold Medina by Gary Hardwick Tracking a white serial killer of African-American gang members in downtown Detroit, detective Tony Hill must capture the murderer while the city erupts in race-related violence all around him. [From Ingram] |
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It's Not a Pretty Sight by Gar Anthony Haywood African American private investigator Aaron Gunner is sitting in his favorite bar when he learns that Nina Hillman has been murdered. A dozen years before, Gunner had been in love with Nina, but he'd walked away--the greatest mistake of his life. Now he's determined to find her murderer--probably her abusive husband--and must also deal with a psychotic giant who wants him dead. [From Booklist] |
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