Lightning Men: A Novel (2) (The Darktown Series)

Lightning Men: A Novel (2) (The Darktown Series)

â€œWrites with a ferocious passion thatâ€™ll knock the wind out of you.â€ â€”The New York Times, on Darktown

â€œReads like the best of James Ellroy.â€ â€”Publishers Weekly (starred review), on Darktown

â€œMullen is a wonderful architect of intersecting plotlines and unexpected answers.â€ â€”The Washington Post, on Darktown

From the acclaimed author of The Last Town on Earth comes the gripping follow-up to Darktown, a â€œcombustible procedural that will knock the wind out of youâ€ (The New York Times).

Officer Denny Rakestraw and â€œNegro Officersâ€ Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith have their hands full in an overcrowded and rapidly changing Atlanta. Itâ€™s 1950 and racial tensions are simmering as black families, including Smithâ€™s sister, begin moving into formerly all-white neighborhoods. When Rakeâ€™s brother-in-law launches a scheme to rally the Ku Klux Klan to â€œsaveâ€ their neighborhood, his efforts spiral out of control, forcing Rake to choose between loyalty to family or the law.

Across town, Boggs and Smith try to shut down the supply of white lightning and drugs into their territory, finding themselves up against more powerful foes than theyâ€™d expected. Battling corrupt cops and ex-cons, Nazi brown shirts and rogue Klansmen, the officers are drawn closer to the fires that threaten to consume the city once again.

With echoes of Walter Mosley and Dennis Lehane, Mullen demonstrates in Lightning Men why heâ€™s celebrated for writing crime fiction â€œwith a nimble sense of history...quick on its feet and vividly drawn" (Dallas Morning News).
Country USA
Brand 37 Ink
Manufacturer 37 Ink
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2017-09-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781501138799

Country	USA
Brand	37 Ink
Manufacturer	37 Ink
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2017-09-12
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781501138799

Lightning Men: A Novel (2) (The Darktown Series)

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