Mullen’s new novel takes place in Boston, shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. With the US set to join the war effort, anti-Semitism is at an all time high as fearful citizens look for a scapegoat to blame for America’s ground offensive in Europe. Anne, a reporter for a Boston newspaper, is trying to…
In the offices of The Daily Times, Atlanta’s premier black newspaper, Tommy Smith, former police officer turned journalist, is asleep at his desk when a gunshot jerks him awake. He runs to find the body of the paper’s publisher, Arthur Bishop, dead on the floor. He makes a call to his old precinct to report…
LIGHTNING MEN picks up two years after the events of DARKTOWN as those left standing continue with their lives in 1950s Atlanta. Officer Denny “Rake” Rakestraw’s neighborhood – an implied “whites only” neighborhood – is beginning to see the arrival of several black families. A group of residents, including Denny’s wife Cassie, pool their money…
Following a mandate from the Mayor’s office, Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith are two of the first round of black men hired as policemen to serve the Atlanta Police Department in post-war America. Despite being officers of the law, Boggs and Smith are painfully limited in what they’re authorized to do. Sure they can carry…
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