{"product_id":"scavenger-a-mystery-paperback","title":"Scavenger: A Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Chambers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the lively, but desperate world of D.C.'s underbelly, a Black homeless man must quickly learn the ropes of being a detective after a wealthy ex-government official sets him up to take the fall for a brutal crime he didn't commit.\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Chambers, author of \u003ci\u003eA Prayer for Deliverance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSympathy for the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e (NAACP Image Award nominee) brings a 21st-century take on hardboiled noir tales in \u003cb\u003eSCAVENGER\u003c\/b\u003e, a gripping thriller underscored by themes of race, homelessness, hustling, and the savagery-and salvation-of the human psyche. The novel centers on Dickie Cornish, a Black streetwise survivor living in a homeless camp near D.C.'s Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Framed for the murder of two of his closest friends and facing life in prison, Dickie crosses paths with wealthy ex-Homeland Security Secretary, Jamie Bracht. Bracht offers him a chance at a new life if Dickie can navigate an underground world to uncover a prize Bracht will stop at nothing to acquire. \u003cbr\u003e As Dickie searches, \u003cb\u003eSCAVENGER\u003c\/b\u003e tracks its way through an underground population of Washington, D.C., where hustlers, drug addicts, homeless, and undocumented immigrants jostle for crumbs while trying to survive. Chambers paints a portrait of D.C. from the ground up, with back-alley streetscapes, gentrification clashes, and unexpected encounters between politicians and bottom-rung natives-all set against a soundscape of patois, street Spanish, and D.C. slang. A hopeless amateur detective at first, Dickie quickly learns the ropes of being a sleuth in a cat-and-mouse game of greed, deceit, double-crossing, and murder. As \u003ci\u003eWashington City Paper\u003c\/i\u003e notes: \u003cb\u003e\"Like Hammett with San Francisco or Chandler with Los Angeles, Chambers' mystery is as much about Washington as it is about the amoral monsters who prey on ordinary people and the lone gumshoe who takes them on.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Chambers\u003c\/b\u003e is a crime novelist, professor of media studies, lawyer, and International Fellow at International Conflict Resolution Center. His works include the first two installment in the Dickie Cornish mystery series, \u003ci\u003eScavenger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStandalone\u003c\/i\u003e (Three Rooms Press); two Penguin Random House releases: \u003ci\u003eA Prayer for Deliverance\u003c\/i\u003e and Sympathy for the Devil (NAACP Image Award nominee); the graphic anthology (with Gary Phillips) \u003ci\u003eThe Darker Mask\u003c\/i\u003e (Tor Books); the PEN\/Malamud-nominated story \"Leviathan\" and \"The Psalm of Bo\"; and more. Chambers is a regular commentator and contributor on media and culture issues on SiriusXM Radio, ABC News, and HuffPost. He resides in his hometown of Washington, D.C. with his family and German Shepherd, Max.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 356\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47397307842738,"sku":"9781941110942","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/5aDrO2jYAx9781941110942.webp?v=1783485885","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/scavenger-a-mystery-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}