When M. Steven Prescott leaves his law office for the day, he's unaware of the terrifying life-and-death struggle awaiting him between his floor and the lobby of his building in "Loose Ends." Other short stories include "I'd Rather Be Lucky," where a proverbial good woman stands by and counsels her man as he tries to solve a series of crimes; "The Naked Banker," the coming-of-age story of an on-again, off-again relationship; "Princess Pamela and the Blind Hog," in which a tormented man works to rid himself of a haughty wife in a most unusual way; "Gas Pains," where the tables are turned on an...
When M. Steven Prescott leaves his law office for the day, he's unaware of the terrifying life-and-death struggle awaiting him between his floor and t...
Set against the rich historical backdrop of 1935 Atlanta, Georgia, this sharp-edged crime novel digs deep into the city's sordid criminal underworld while scratching at the racially strained layer lurking below the surface of life in the Jim Crow South.
Matthew Grimes, a wide-eyed kid who lives in a strictly run boardinghouse, is a green crime-beat reporter for the "Atlanta Georgian" newspaper. But after the man who is reputedly behind Atlanta's illegal lottery has been gunned down in his own driveway, Matt enters a seedy world of crime and miscreants and encounters racism as never...
Set against the rich historical backdrop of 1935 Atlanta, Georgia, this sharp-edged crime novel digs deep into the city's sordid criminal underworl...
