{"product_id":"a-dangerous-road-a-smokey-dalton-novel-paperback","title":"A Dangerous Road: A Smokey Dalton Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKris Nelscott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHerodotus Award winner for Best Historical Mystery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kris Nelscott can lay claim to the strongest series of detective novels now being written by an American author.\" -Salon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho is Smokey Dalton?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrivate Investigator Smokey Dalton works for Memphis, Tennessee's black community. He has almost no interaction with the white hierarchy, even though they exist only blocks away. So he's surprised the day a white woman walks into his Beale Street office. Laura Hathaway has sought him out because he's a beneficiary in her mother's will, and Laura wants to know why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo does Smokey. He's never heard of the Hathaways, but his search will take him on a journey that will change everything he's ever known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of the strike and protests that will end with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, \u003cem\u003eA Dangerous Road\u003c\/em\u003e combines the politics of race, betrayal, unexpected love, and the terrible cost of trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a story so memorable the Mystery Writers of America chose it as one of the top five novels of the year and the Historical Mystery Appreciation Society honored it as the winner of the Herodotus Award for Best Historical Mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat the critics say: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Powerful stuff, with a role for every major black actor in Hollywood.\"-\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"More than just offering a puzzle, this novel encourages self-examination about identity, responsibility and the consequences of choices. Smokey proves himself a man of conscience able to make tough choices.\" -\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nelscott's series setting, in the turbulent late '60s, gives her books layers of issues of racism, class, and war, all of which still seem to remain sadly timely today.\" -\u003cem\u003eOregonian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's not hard to draw parallels between Nelscott's PI Smokey Dalton and Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins, another secretive, canny black man trying to solve mysteries while circumspectly navigating the white world. But Dalton's no knock-off. (Would you label the hundreds of hard-boiled detectives who've appeared in Raymond Chandler's wake mere Marlow Xeroxes because they're white?)\" -\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Smokey Dalton books are \"a high-class crime series.\" -\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead the whole series of gripping novels: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Dangerous Road\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmoke-Filled Rooms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThin Walls\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStone Cribs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWar at Home\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDays of Rage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStreet Justice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwards for the series: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first Smokey Dalton novel, \u003cem\u003eA Dangerous Road\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Herodotus Award for Best Historical Mystery and was short-listed for the Edgar Award for Best Novel; the second, \u003cem\u003eSmoke-Filled Rooms\u003c\/em\u003e, was a PNBA Book Award finalist; and the third, \u003cem\u003eThin Walls\u003c\/em\u003e, was one of the Chicago Tribune's best mysteries of the year. Kirkus chose \u003cem\u003eDays of Rage\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the top ten mysteries of the year and it was also nominated for a Shamus award for the Best Private Eye Hardcover Novel of the Year. \u003cem\u003eStreet Justice\u003c\/em\u003e was nominated for a Shamus award for the Best Original Paperback P.I. Novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKris Nelscott is an open pen name used by New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKris Nelscott is an open pen name used by USA Today bestselling writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch. The first Smokey Dalton novel, A Dangerous Road, won the Herodotus Award for Best Historical Mystery and was short-listed for the Edgar Award for Best Novel; the second, Smoke-Filled Rooms, was a PNBA Book Award finalist; and the third, Thin Walls, was one of the Chicago Tribune's best mysteries of the year. Kirkus chose Days of Rage as one of the top ten mysteries of the year. Entertainment Weekly says her equals are Walter Mosley and Raymond Chandler. Booklist calls the Smokey Dalton books \"a high-class crime series\" and Salon says \"Kris Nelscott can lay claim to the strongest series of detective novels now being written by an American author.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132713963655,"sku":"9780615665405","price":25.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f8c54e4dac1c1511512c59626e7c0d9c.webp?v=1732628709","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-dangerous-road-a-smokey-dalton-novel-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}