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010 $a2017004468
020 $a9781501138799 (hbk.) :$cNT$910
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
050 00$aPS3613.U447$bL54 2017
082 04$a813.6$222
100 1 $aMullen, Thomas,$eauthor.
245 10$aLightning men :$ba novel /$cThomas Mullen.
250 $aFirst 37 Ink/Atria Books hardcover edition.
260 $aNew York, NY :$b37 INK/Atria,$c2017.
300 $a374 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aDarktown ;$v2.
520 $aReads like the best of James Ellroy.--Publishers Weekly (starred review, on Darktown) Mullen is a wonderful architect of intersecting plotlines and unexpected answers.--The Washington Post, on Darktown From the acclaimed author of The Last Town on Earth comes the gripping follow-up to Darktown. Officer Denny Rakestraw and Negro Officers Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith have their hands full in a rapidly changing Atlanta. It's 1950 and racial tensions are simmering as black families, including Smith's sister, begin moving into formerly all- white neighborhoods. When Rake's brother-in-law launches a scheme to rally the Ku Klux Klan to save their neighborhood, his efforts spiral out of control, forcing Rake tochoose between loyalty to family or the law. Across town, Boggs and Smith try to shut down the supply of white lightning and drugs into their territory, finding themselves up against more powerful foes than they'd expected. Battling corruptcops and ex-cons, Nazi brown shirts and rogue Klansmen, the officers are drawn closer to the fires that threaten to consume the city once again. With echoes of James Ellroy and Dennis Lehane, Mullen demonstrates in Lightning Men why he's celebrated for writing crime fiction with a nimble sense of history ... quick on its feet and vividly drawn (Dallas Morning News)--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $aOfficer Denny Rakestraw and Negro Officers Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith have their hands full in a rapidly changing Atlanta. It's 1950 and racial tensions are simmering as black families, including Smith's sister, begin moving into formerly all-white neighborhoods. When Rake's brother-in-law launches a scheme to rally the Ku Klux Klan to save their neighborhood, his efforts spiral out of control, forcing Rake to choose between loyalty to family or the law. Across town, Boggs and Smith try to shut down the supply of white lightning and drugs into their territory, finding themselves up against more powerful foes than they'd expected. Battling corrupt cops and ex-cons, Nazi brown shirts and rogue Klansmen,the officers are drawn closer to the fires that threaten to consume the city once again.
650 0$aAfrican American police$zGeorgia$y20th century$vFiction.
650 0$aRacism$zUnited States$vFiction.
650 0$aRace relations$vFiction.
650 0$aHate crimes$zUnited States$vFiction.
651 0$aAtlanta (Ga.)$vFiction.
830 0$aDarktown ;$v2.