Cultural Literature
BLACK WATER RISING (PB)
“A near-perfect balance of trenchant social commentary, rich characterizations, and action-oriented plot.... Attica Locke [is] a writer wise beyond her years.”
— Los Angeles Times “Atmospheric… deeply nuanced... akin to George Pelecanos or Dennis Lehane.... Subtle and compelling.”
— New York Times Product details...
$14.99
DOWN THE RIVER UNTO THE SEA
Joe King Oliver was one of the NYPD's finest investigators, until, dispatched to arrest a well-heeled car thief, he is framed for assault by his enemies within the NYPD, a charge which lands him in solitary at Rikers Island.A decade...
$16.99
FORTY ACRES
Martin Grey, a smart, talented black lawyer working out of a storefront in Queens, becomes friendly with a group of some of the most powerful, wealthy, and esteemed black men in America. He’s dazzled by what they’ve accomplished, and they...
$18.00
MYCROFT HOLMES
Fresh out of Cambridge University, the young Mycroft Holmes is already making a name for himself in government, working for the Secretary of State for War. Yet this most British of civil servants has strong ties to the faraway island...
$15.95
DEATH BY HIS GRACE (DARKO DAWSON MYSTERY #4)
Katherine Yeboah’s marriage to Solomon Vanderpuye is all the talk of Accra high society. But when it becomes apparent that Katherine is infertile, Solomon’s extended family accuses her of being a witch, hounding her until the relationship is so soured...
$26.95
DARKTOWN
The award-winning author of The Last Town on Earth delivers a riveting and elegant police procedural set in 1948 Atlanta, exploring a murder, corrupt police, and strained race relations that feels ripped from today's headlines.Responding to orders from on high,...
$37.99
GHOST SUMMER: STORIES
Tananarive Due, a winner of the American Book Award and an Essence and Los Angeles Times bestselling author, brings you her debut short fiction collection! The title novella, Ghost Summer, won a Kindred Award from the Carl Brandon Society (originally...
$15.95
BACK CHANNEL
October 1962. The Soviet Union has smuggled missiles into Cuba. Kennedy and Khrushchev are in the midst of a military face-off that could lead to nuclear conflagration. The only way for the two leaders to negotiate safely is to open...
$16.00
DETECTIVE CROSS (BOOKSHOTS THRILLERS)
A threat from an anonymous caller sends D. C. into panic as Detective Alex Cross teams up with his wife to uncover the chilling truth. An anonymous caller has promised to set off deadly bombs in Washington, DC. A cruel...
$4.99
CITYCIDE: A DANNY CAVANAUGH MYSTERY
A woman is murdered and the only witness to the crime is missing. Danny Cavanaugh, a white cop raised in Detroit’s inner city gets the seemingly routine case. He soon uncovers a conspiracy that reaches from the ravaged streets to...
$9.99
HEAVEN, MY HOME (HIGHWAY 59 MYSTERY #2)
9-year-old Levi King knew he should have left for home sooner; now he's alone in the darkness of vast Caddo Lake, in a boat whose motor just died. A sudden noise distracts him - and all goes dark.Darren Mathews is...
$27.00
CITY OF SAVIORS: A DETECTIVE ELOUISE NORTON NOVEL (DETECTIVE ELOUISE NORTON #4)
"A fresh voice in crime fiction. Fast, funny, heartbreaking and wise...Elouise Norton is the best new character you'll meet this year."--Lee Child“Hall deserves to be compared to Kathy Reichs or Patricia Cornwell, and it will not be long before she...
$26.99
CHARCOAL JOE (EASY RAWLINS MYSTERIES)
Picking up where his last adventures in Rose Gold left off in L.A. in the late 1960s, Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins finds his life in transition. He’s ready—finally—to propose to his girlfriend, Bonnie Shay, and start a life together. And he’s taken the...
$30.08
MONSTER'S CHEF
From award-winning, Los Angeles Times bestselling author Jervey Tervalon comes a highly clever, twisting tale of suspense involving drugs, perverse sex, and poisonous celebrity worship, in which a man trying to rebuild his life becomes entangled in dangerous and deadly circumstances. Once...
$24.99
Anybody's Daughter
"A fast-paced, well-written thriller that’s grounded in important social issues." --Kirkus Reviews“One of the best thrillers I have read in a long time.” --Digna Dreibelbis, Autumn Blues Reviews“I was in tears for most of the book and in shock for...
$16.99
LITTLE SCARLET
Just after devastating riots tear through Los Angeles in 1965, the police turn up on Easy Rawlins's doorstep. Easy expects the worst - but they've come for his to ask for his help.A man was wrenched from his car by...
$237.00
BLUEBIRD, BLUEBIRD
"In Bluebird, Bluebird Attica Locke had both mastered the thriller and exceeded it."-Ann PatchettWhen it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules -- a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well. Deeply...
$10.99
A RED DEATH: FEATURING AN ORIGINAL EASY RAWLINS SHORT STORY "SILVER LINING"
It’s 1953 in Red-baiting, blacklisting Los Angeles—a moral tar pit ready to swallow Easy Rawlins. Easy is out of the hurting business and into the housing (and favor) business when a racist IRS agent nails him for tax evasion. Special...
$19.99
BLUE AVENUE (DETECTIVE DANIEL TURNER MYSTERY #1)
Summoned by his old friend, homicide detective Daniel Turner, to identify the trussed-up, naked body of a woman, found wrapped in cellophane amongst a pile of garbage on Blue Avenue, a down-at-heel area of Jacksonville, Florida, businessman William Byrd or...
$17.95
A WANTED WOMAN
[ A Wanted Woman BY Dickey, Eric Jerome ( Author ) ] Hardcover 2014 Product details ASIN : 0525954279 Publisher : Dutton (April 15, 2014) Language : English Hardcover : 464 pages ISBN-10 : 9780525954279 ISBN-13 : 978-0525954279 Item Weight : 1.48 pounds Dimensions : 6.5 x 1.5...
$26.95