Tag Archives: Drug dealers
Gardner Martin Kelley. The Outer Banks Sea Gypsies. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2011.
Captain Gardner Martin Kelley has “many tales to tell” from a long life spent working on yachts, steamships, and in a World War II Liberty Shipyard. Born in 1913 on an island off the coast of Maine, this ninety-eight-year-old author … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Coast, Historical, Kelley, Gardner Martin, Suspense/Thriller
Mike Sanders. Thirsty 2. East Orange, NJ: Wahida Clark Presents, 2011.
Justice Dial is back in this bloody sequel to Thirsty, Mike Sanders’s novel about hustling on the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina. Beautiful, clever, and ruthless, Justice used to make loads of cash by seducing men, gleaning the location of … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Mecklenburg, Piedmont, Sanders, Mike, Suspense/Thriller
Charles Frazier. Nightwoods. New York: Random House, 2011.
When Luce is appointed guardian for her dead sister Lilly’s young twins, her reclusive life in the back woods of a small mountain town changes forever. Frank and Dolores are not like other children. Witnesses to their mother’s murder at … Continue reading
Lauren Myracle. Shine. New York: Amulet Books, 2011.
Patrick Truman was never afraid, or if he was it never showed. When his classmates called him a pansy or a fairy, when they stole his pants and left him trapped in the bathroom, when they knocked into him or … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Children & Young Adults, Mountains, Myracle, Lauren
Mark Phialas. Who Killed 20G? Williamsburg, VA: Cherokee McGhee, 2011.
Trent Jones is a has-been M.P. with a penchant for poker and scotch, and a passion for UNC basketball. The obsession with liquor and gambling means that he’s often drunk, broke, or some combination of the two, and that his … Continue reading
Mike Sanders. Thirsty. East Orange, NJ: Wahida Clark Presents Publishing, 2008.
Hustling in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a dangerous business; Justice Dial knows this. Still, she enjoys the perks – designer clothes and jewelry, a fancy car, a beautifully decorated home, and an endless supply of money – not to mention … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2008, Mecklenburg, Novels in Series, Piedmont, Sanders, Mike, Suspense/Thriller
Edward Vaughn. The Forgiven. New York: Xlibris, 2007.
Kathleen Kelley grew up in a sheltered and deeply religious family in Omaha, Nebraska. Her strict parents placed well-intended expectations on her, and their daughter grew up to be very naive. When Kathleen follows her boyfriend to Fort Bragg, North … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2007, Coastal Plain, Cumberland, Novels in Series, Suspense/Thriller, Vaughn, Edward
Richard L. Brown and Mikal H. El-Amin. 187 Iz an Art. Long Beach, CA: Double-Up Publishing, 2009.
When this novel opens, Kamikaze (Kaze) and his cousin Killa are in their teens, but already hustling. Kaze is close to his mother, but she is in prison. Killa’s mother, Pam, is nominally responsible for both boys, but she is … Continue reading
Filed under 2000, 2009, Brown, Richard L., Durham, El-Amin, Mikal H, Piedmont
Bill Whitworth. Butterfly Girl. Alexander, NC: Alexander Books, 2010.
White Shoals appears to be a peaceful town in the scenic mountains of North Carolina, but appearances can be deceiving. Jason Duke has been the sheriff for less than a year, and when an anonymous caller reports a body near … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Mountains, Mystery, Novels Set in Fictional Places, Whitworth, Bill
Kathy Reichs. Spider Bones. New York: Scribner, 2010.
Most of the action in this latest Temperance Brennan novel takes places in Hawaii, but the case originates in the actions of two young men in Lumberton, North Carolina in the 1960s. Authorities in Quebec are puzzled as to how … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Coastal Plain, Mystery, Novels in Series, Reichs, Kathy, Robeson
