Detective Charlotte Justice of the LAPD's elite Robbery-Homicide Division takes on a high-profile case where the victim is a pioneering black film director, Maynard Duncan. Following the much-acclaimed "Inner City Blues", this journey explores L.A.'s mix of politics and police corruption, secrets and lies.
Detective Charlotte Justice is a black woman in the LAPD. During the LA riots she saves curfew-breaking Lance Mitchell from a beating by some white officers. Then she discovers the body of one-time radical Cinque Lewis. Was it random shooting or was Mitchell responsible?
African-American LAPD homicide detective Charlotte Justice saves Dr. Lance Mitchell during a violent confrontation with police when he's mistaken for a car thief. However, the body of a former radical who murdered Charlotte's husband and baby girl years ago is found nearby--with the doctor's wallet beneath it. Defying her superiors, Charlotte sets ...
Reflecting African-American feelings and experiences of Christmas, this keepsake volume features color reproductions of paintings, mixed-media artworks and photos by noted African-American fine artists, as well as text selections that include Martin Luther King, Jr.'s sermon for peace, reminiscenes by Nikki Giovanni, Nelson George, and Dorothy ...
The fourth Charlotte Justice police procedural takes place in 1993; the Rodney King riots linger in recent memory and racial tensions in L.A. remain high. Eight months ago, someone shot Charles Zuccari, CEO of CZ Toys, along with his pregnant wife, Alma, and two Muslim African-American colleagues. As the Zuccaris continue to recover, the primary ...
Celebrate 500 years of black achievementin art, politics, religion, science, business, literature, sports and entertainment. With over 300 full-color and b&w illustrations, including 60 reproductions of work by notable black artists. Cloth bound.
This anthology brings together an eclectic and diverse collection of black writing. Much of is has been long out-of-print, generally unavailable or not published at all. The book reflects the range of black mystery, suspense and crime fiction that has been written throughout the 20th century. It starts with Pauline Hopkins's locked-room mystery ...
A nasty, chaotic mayoral race in L.A. becomes even messier when two people, each connected to a separate campaign, are murdered. As Detective Charlotte Justice carefully maneuvers her way through an obstacle course of racial conflict, political infighting, and possible police corruption, she must also confront her own continual feelings of loss ...
A nasty, chaotic mayoral race in L.A. becomes even messier when two people, each connected to a separate campaign, are murdered. As Detective Charlotte Justice carefully maneuvers her way through an obstacle course of racial conflict, political infighting, and possible police corruption, she must also confront her own continual feelings of loss ...
Detective Charlotte Justice of the LAPD's elite Robbery-Homicide Division takes on a high-profile case where the victim is a pioneering African-American film director and community activist, found dead in his elegant home.W. Norton & Company.
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Mary Higgins Clark, Lynne Wood & Lawrence Block, Sara Paretsky, Donald E. Westlake, Anne Perry, Michele Slung, Paula L. Woods...
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Edition: TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Family Circle Publications,
Date Published: 1997
Description: PHOTO Cover. FINE. Magazine. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine (#2) ///// Summer-Fall 1997// [FS Special Interest ANNUAL Magazine Volume 23 #3; 1996-Family Circle presents] /// 112 pages. >>> weight = 190 grams. CONTENTS-(1) In Defense of Suspense by Mary Higgins Clark; (2) Four Authors in Search of a Character; (3) Murder by the Book by Michele Slung; (4) Watching the Detectives by Paula L. Woods; (5) Mystery on the Air by Tom Nolan; (6) Murder You Write; (7) ... read more
Edition: Uncorrected proof copy of the first edition.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1995
Description: A fine copy. [AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE]. (WOODS, Paula L.). SPOOKS, SPIES, AND PRIVATE EYES: Black Mystery, Crime and Suspense Fiction. Edited by Paula L. Woods. Octavo, white printed wrappers, pp. xx, 347. A comprehensive anthology of African-American mystery and crime writing, edited by an African-American; contains a number of stories published for the first time in book form, including Pauline E. Hopkins's mystery story, "Talma Gordon. " Other contributions by Rudolph Fisher, George S. ... read more
Description: Black Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction of the 20th Century. NY: Doubleday, 1995. First edition. 347 pp. Softcover. 8vo. Black paper wrappers. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Clean, bright and tight. Minor marker cross out on cover. Lightly shelf worn. Very good/No dust jacket. read more
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