Family Affair: A Smokey Dalton Story

Family Affair: A Smokey Dalton Story

Smokey Dalton gets a call from an old friend to help transport a battered woman and her young daughter from Madison, Wisconsin, to a shelter in Chicago. When Smokey and Marvella Walker show up at the drop site, they learn that the woman is both white and a racist. She refuses to leave with them. And thatâ€™s only the beginning of their problems.

Chosen as one of the best mystery short stories of 2009, â€œFamily Affairâ€ shows why Booklist calls the Smokey Dalton books â€œa high-class crime series.â€

â€œYou donâ€™t need to be a fan of private-eye novels to admire Smokey: You just need a conscience.â€

â€”Kirkus Reviews starred review of Smoke-Filled Rooms

â€œNelscottâ€™s hard-boiled style gives an added blast of energy to the captivating story, and because her characters are so nuanced and naturally complex, we donâ€™t know whom to trust.â€
â€”The Boston Globe on Stone Cribs

Kris Nelscott is an open pen name used by USA Today bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
The first Smokey Dalton novel, A Dangerous Road, won the Herodotus Award for Best Historical Mystery and was short-listed for the Edgar Award for Best Novel; the second, Smoke-Filled Rooms, was a PNBA Book Award finalist; and the third, Thin Walls, was one of the Chicago Tribuneâ€™s best mysteries of the year. Kirkus chose Days of Rage as one of the top ten mysteries of the year and it was also nominated for a Shamus award for The Best Private Eye Hardcover Novel of the Year.
Entertainment Weekly says her equals are Walter Mosley and Raymond Chandler. Booklist calls the Smokey Dalton books â€œa high-class crime seriesâ€ and Salon says â€œKris Nelscott can lay claim to the strongest series of detective novels now being written by an American author.â€
For more information about Kris Nelscott, or author Kristine Kathryn Ruschâ€™s other works, please go to KrisNelscott.com or KristineKathrynRusch.com.
Country USA
Manufacturer WMG Publishing
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-12-23
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	WMG Publishing
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-12-23
Format	Kindle eBook