{"product_id":"darktown-paperback","title":"Darktown - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Mullen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] highly combustible procedural...that'll knock the wind out of you.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"High-quality...crime fiction with a nimble sense of history...quick on its feet and vividly drawn.\" --\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Fine Southern storytelling meets hard-boiled crime in a tale that connects an overlooked chapter of history to our own continuing struggles with race today.\" --Charles Frazier, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCold Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Some books educate, some books entertain, Thomas Mullen's \u003ci\u003eDarktown \u003c\/i\u003eis the rare book that does both.\" --\u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAward-winning author Thomas Mullen is a \"wonderful architect of intersecting plotlines and unexpected answers\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) in this timely and provocative mystery and brilliant exploration of race, law enforcement, and justice in 1940s Atlanta.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eResponding to orders from on high, the Atlanta Police Department is forced to hire its first black officers, including war veterans Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith. The newly minted policemen are met with deep hostility by their white peers; they aren't allowed to arrest white suspects, drive squad cars, or set foot in the police headquarters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When a woman who was last seen in a car driven by a white man turns up dead, Boggs and Smith suspect white cops are behind it. Their investigation sets them up against a brutal cop, Dunlow, who has long run the neighborhood as his own, and his partner, Rakestraw, a young progressive who may or may not be willing to make allies across color lines. Among shady moonshiners, duplicitous madams, crooked lawmen, and the constant restrictions of Jim Crow, Boggs and Smith will risk their new jobs, and their lives, while navigating a dangerous world--a world on the cusp of great change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A vivid, smart, intricately plotted crime saga that explores the timely issues of race, law enforcement, and the uneven scales of justice.\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431461798066,"sku":"9781501133879","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/22d2a9f2349a8bb929dd8556b8be51ab.webp?v=1778590495","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/darktown-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}