{"product_id":"2940170654086","title":"Lightning Men: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Writes with a ferocious passion that'll knock the wind out of you.\" \u003ci\u003eamp;mdash;The New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003eon\u003ci\u003e Darktown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Reads like the best of James Ellroy.\" amp;mdash;\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review), on \u003ci\u003eDarktown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Mullen is a wonderful architect of intersecting plotlines and unexpected answers.\" \u003ci\u003eamp;mdash;The Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eDarktown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOfficer Denny Rakestraw, \"Negro Officers\" Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith, and Sergeant McInnis have their hands full in an overcrowded and rapidly changing Atlanta. It's 1950 and color lines are shifting and racial tensions are simmering. Black familiesamp;mdash;including Smith's sister and brother-in-lawamp;mdash;are moving into Rake's formerly all-white neighborhood, leading some residents to raise money to buy them out, while others advocate a more violent solution. Rake's brother-in-law, Dale, a proud Klansman, launches a scheme to rally his fellow Kluxers to save their neighborhood. When those efforts spiral out of control and leave a man dead, Rake is forced to choose between loyalty to family or the law.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHe isn't the only one with family troubles. Boggs has outraged his preacher father by courting a domestic, and now her ex-boyfriend has been released from prison. As Boggs, Smith, and their all-black precinct contend with violent drug dealers fighting for turf in new territory, their personal dramas draw them closer to the fires that threaten to consume Atlanta once again.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith echoes of James Ellroy and Denis 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":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47105107460336,"sku":"2940170654086","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170654086_p0.jpg?v=1763807528","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170654086","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}