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African American Fiction November 2017
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Hoodlum II : the good son
by K'wan
Former NBA prospect Shai Clark, after his father is brutally murdered, takes over his family’s criminal enterprise, and, starting a war on the streets of New York that draws out new and old enemies, must hold onto his throne, which is proving to be no easy task. By a best-selling crime novelist. Original.
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Bluebird, bluebird : a novel
by Attica Locke
Forced by duty to return to his racially divided East Texas hometown, an African-American Texas Ranger risks his job and reputation to investigate a highly charged double murder case involving a black Chicago lawyer and a local white woman. By the award-winning author of Pleasantville. 50,000 first printing.
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Never trust a stranger
by Mary Monroe
Taking incrementally greater risks to pursue the love and excitement they have always craved, best friends Lola Poole and Joan Proctor-Riley are drawn in by the fantasy life of seemingly kind and responsible trucker Calvin, whose talented sexual healing leads to the revelation of a deadly secret.
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Lightning men : a novel
by Thomas Mullen
Officers Smith, Rake and Boggs and their sergeant navigate volatile racial tensions in 1950 Atlanta, including Rake's once-white neighborhood's violent efforts to force out Smith's black family and an upsurge in drug territory wars. By the award-winning author of The Last Town on Earth.
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Hustling on the down low
by M. T. Pope
Two kingpins, one a mysterious, gay gangster with an edge, the other a straight man willing to sink very low to come out back on top, fight for ultimate control of the Baltimore underworld. Original.
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