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Friday, June 26, 2015
FFB: Harlem Underground - Ed Lacy
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Lee Hayes, the rookie patrolman protagonist of Harlem Underground (1965), has been summoned by his captain. He's sure that he is about ...
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Friday, November 14, 2014
FFB: Murder by the Day - Veronica Parker Johns
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In the opening chapter of Murder by the Day (1953) we learn that Mortimer Rutherford, a millionaire with a morbid fear of dying in an inf...
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Saturday, September 27, 2014
1958: The Real Cool Killers - Chester Himes
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US first edition (Avon, 1959) "The Harlem of my books was never meant to be real; I never called it real; I just wanted to take it ...
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Moment of Untruth - Ed Lacy
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Touie Moore returns in a sequel of sorts to Room to Swing . Seven years have passed since his debut and he is now married to Fran who he m...
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Friday, January 4, 2013
FFB: Room to Swing - Ed Lacy
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I have a thing about the Edgar Awards. I happen to think a lot of the award winners didn't deserve that little statue of Poe. Only occ...
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