Midnight Atlanta by Thomas Mullen
The stunning third novel in the award-nominated, critically acclaimed Darktown series sees a newspaper editor murdered against the backdrop of Rosa Parks' protest and Martin Luther King Jnr's emergence
Thomas Mullen writes the opposite of escapist fiction: his thrillers force the reader to confront the realities of "skewed" Southern justice, police brutality, civic corruption and mind-boggling racial prejudice. . Mullen is "an expert button-pusher". His heartfelt, heavy-hitting, feel-bad fiction makes your blood boil * The Times *
An exemplary and compelling series . . . Enlightening and admirable * Crime Time *
All the ingredients drive the story through a terrific shoot-out and surprises to an explosive climax. Genius! * Peterborough Evening Telegraph *
Modern American literature at its most eye-opening and important and crime fiction at its compelling, excellent best * Morning Star *
An exemplary and compelling series . . . Enlightening and admirable * Crime Time *
All the ingredients drive the story through a terrific shoot-out and surprises to an explosive climax. Genius! * Peterborough Evening Telegraph *
Modern American literature at its most eye-opening and important and crime fiction at its compelling, excellent best * Morning Star *
Thomas Mullen is the internationally bestselling author of seven previous novels, including Darktown, which was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Lightning Men, was named one of the Top Ten Crime Novels of the Year by The New York Times; and Midnight Atlanta. The latter two were shortlisted for CWA Dagger Awards. His debut, The Last Town on Earth, was awarded the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for excellence in historical fiction. He lives in Atlanta.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349144207 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349144206 |
| Title | Midnight Atlanta |
| Author | Thomas Mullen |
| Series | Darktown |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2021-02-11 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for CWA Gold Dagger 2021 (UK) |
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