The murder of a popular white heiress in the black part of town threatens to engulf Detroit in a wave of mob violence, and Pete Caudill, a new detective, is charged with uncovering the truth in the interest of preserving civic peace.
I swung, practically upside down, as Freddie shook me from side to side like a rag doll. My coins dislodged from their hiding places and fell to the pavement, zinging their presence as my head bounced perilously close to the ...
The 77th, under Colonel Egerton's orders, were still lying waiting for the Russian cavalryto charge. Crossman knew at that moment that hisregiment wouldtake nomore partinthe battle, unless a retreat was called, whichdid not seem likely.
It is the fall of 1943, and the city of Detroit is doing its best to recover from the explosive race riots that marked the recent summer.
There's not a false or dishonest note in this knockout debut novel that's both superb social history and cop-noir with intelligence and heart.
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