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A Dangerous Road (Smokey Dalton, Bk 1)
A Dangerous Road - Smokey Dalton, Bk 1
Author: Kris Nelscott
It's February 1968, and tense race relations in Memphis are beginning to build into real conflict. The sanitation workers' strike has been going on for almost three weeks, and marches are beginning to turn into riots.African-American P.I. Smokey Dalton is hired by Laura Hathaway, a young white woman from up north, to look into her mother's reaso...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312262648
ISBN-10: 0312262647
Publication Date: 7/11/2000
Pages: 325
Edition: 1st ed
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  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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reviewed A Dangerous Road (Smokey Dalton, Bk 1) on + 45 more book reviews
This is possibly one of the best written series I've ever read. I rarely pick up a book set in anything other than the present day. I am glad that I made an exception in this case. The books are set in the turbulent sixties. While there are many racial injustices against black people in the story there is blame spread around to both white AND black people. The balance is one rarely found in books that tackle these issues. Smokey Dalton is simply one of the best characters to come out of crime fiction to date. I highly recommend this series to mystery and suspense readers as well as general fiction readers.
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More than just a mystery (and the mystery is intriguing), A Dangerous Road gives the reader a true sense of Memphis in 1968. Plot, characterization, dialogue, atmosphere, this book has it all.

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