Reading this book is a little like quaffing a double espresso on an empty stomach – it’s a jolt. For this reader it was a welcome jolt. Others will find it less palatable. Thomas E. Mann and Norman J.The following new black fiction is available at the Pontiac Branch of the Allen
County Public Library.
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Passing Love
” by Jacqueline E. Luckett
Trying to move on after her best friend’s death, Nicole-Marie Handy makes a trip to Paris where she investigates the origin of an old photo of her father with a mystery woman and a loving inscription on the back.
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Sleepless Nights
” by Norwood Holland
Trial attorney Drew Smith helps solve a heinous crime. Smith, while battling mental health issues, tracks down the perpetrators, aided by his stripper girlfriend.
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All I Did Was Shoot My Man
” by Walter Mosley
In the bestselling Leonid McGill series, Leonid finds himself caught between his sins of the past and an all-too-vivid present. A gripping story of murder, greed and retribution, this is also the poignant tale of one man’s attempt to stay connected to his family.
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The Talk Show Murders
” by Al Roker, Dick Lochte
After an ex-cop threatens to expose his past as a con man – and ends up dead – celebrity chef Billy Blessing must find the true killer before the media and public run him out of Chicago on a rail.
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The Family Business
” by Carl Weber, Eric Pete
By day, the Duncans are an upstanding family who run a thriving car dealership in Queens. By night, they live a dangerous secret life.
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Sinners & Saints
” by Victoria Christopher Murray, ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Jasmine Larson Bush and Rachel Jackson Adams are each fighting to become the first lady of the National Baptist Association until the current first lady steps in.
