{"product_id":"lightning-men-2-book-thomas-mullen-9781501138799","title":"Lightning Men, 2","description":"\u003cb\u003eWrites with a ferocious passion that'll knock the wind out of you. \u003ci\u003e--The New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003eon\u003ci\u003e Darktown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eReads like the best of James Ellroy. --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review), on \u003ci\u003eDarktown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMullen is a wonderful architect of intersecting plotlines and unexpected answers. \u003ci\u003e--The Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eDarktown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Town on Earth \u003c\/i\u003ecomes the gripping follow-up to \u003ci\u003eDarktown\u003c\/i\u003e, a combustible procedural that will knock the wind out of you (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOfficer Denny Rakestraw and Negro Officers Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith have their hands full in an overcrowded and rapidly changing Atlanta. It's 1950 and racial tensions are simmering as black families, including Smith's sister, begin moving into formerly all-white neighborhoods. When Rake's brother-in-law launches a scheme to rally the Ku Klux Klan to save their neighborhood, his efforts spiral out of control, forcing Rake to choose between loyalty to family or the law. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross town, Boggs and Smith try to shut down the supply of white lightning and drugs into their territory, finding themselves up against more powerful foes than they'd expected. Battling corrupt cops and ex-cons, Nazi brown shirts and rogue Klansmen, the officers are drawn closer to the fires that threaten to consume the city once again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith echoes of Walter Mosley and Dennis Lehane, Mullen demonstrates in \u003ci\u003eLightning Men\u003c\/i\u003e why he's celebrated for writing crime fiction with a nimble sense of history.quick on its feet and vividly drawn (\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50430692753681,"sku":"CIN1501138790G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50764163940625,"sku":"CIN1501138790VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1501138790.jpg?v=1751243264","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/lightning-men-2-book-thomas-mullen-9781501138799","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}