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Darktown, set in 1940s Atlanta, follows the story of Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith, two of Atlanta's first African-American police officers. The novel begins when Boggs and Smith are patrolling in a predominantly African-American neighborhood when they witness a white man hit and knock over a lamppost and slowly flee the scene.
Sep 13, 2016 · Set in the postwar, pre-civil rights South, and evoking the socially resonant and morally complex crime novels of Dennis Lehane and Walter Mosley, Darktown is a vivid, smart, intricately plotted crime saga that explores the timely issues of race, law enforcement, and the uneven scales of justice.
(Toledo Blade) “Darktown is a thrilling, fast-paced crime novel, but the complex questions it raises will haunt readers long after the final page,” (The Toledo Blade) "While true to history and context, the book is a heck of a ride."
- Thomas Mullen
Set in the postwar, pre-civil rights South, and evoking the socially resonant and morally complex crime novels of Dennis Lehane and Walter Mosley, Darktown is a vivid, smart, intricately plotted...
Darktown The award-winning author of The Last Town on Earth delivers a riveting and elegant police procedural set in 1948 Atlanta, exploring a murder, corrupt police, and strained race relations that feels ripped from today's headlines.
Sep 13, 2016 · by Thomas Mullen (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.3 2,889 ratings. Book 1 of 3: The Darktown. See all formats and editions. “One incendiary image ignites the next in this highly combustible procedural…written with a ferocious passion that’ll knock the wind out of you.” —The New York Times Book Review.
Sep 13, 2016 · Darktown is a relentlessly gripping, highly intelligent crime novel set in Atlanta in 1948, following the city's first black police force investigating a brutal murder against all the odds. 'A brilliant blending of crime, mystery, and American history. Terrific entertainment' Stephen King 'Magnificent and shocking' Sunday Times Atlanta, 1948 ...
- Thomas Mullen
Darktown: Created by Axel Melzener, Julia Nika Neviandt. With Alina Levshin, Rauand Taleb, Artjom Gilz, Jörg Pintsch. Doro Decker dreams of becoming a policewoman, but she makes a living by tracking down cheating husbands.
Set in the postwar, pre-civil rights South, and evoking the socially resonant and morally complex crime novels of Dennis Lehane and Walter Mosley, Darktown is a vivid, smart, intricately plotted crime saga that explores the timely issues of race, law enforcement, and the uneven scales of justice.
“One incendiary image ignites the next in this highly combustible procedural…written with a ferocious passion that’ll knock the wind out of you.” —The New York Times Book Review “Fine Southern...
